Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Michigan

Valley City Plating

Name: Valley City Plating Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grand Rapids, MI · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valley City Plating runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Valley City Plating: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley City Plating safety composite

Valley City Plating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2017→2018

Valley City Plating injury rate improved

Valley City Plating's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.3 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.3 · 2018=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #23/48
PHOTO Kraft Plater
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kraft Plater (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.5
Kraft Plater

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4.5
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4.5
SLE Holdings R

4.5

What this shows Valley City Plating averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Valley City Plating TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Valley City Plating falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 48 Electroplating metals and form employers in Michigan.

Valley City Plating (55 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Valley City Plating has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2018	3.7	0.0	2	0	0
2017	5.3	5.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MI · Grand Rapids

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Kraft Plater	KENTWOOD, MI	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anaplex Corporation	PARAMOUNT, CA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SRG Global Coatings LLC	FARMINGTON, MO	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SLE Holdings Rockford DBA: Sub Source	ROCKFORD, IL	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	6375_14893	GALESBURG	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ludington Pump Storage	LUDINGTON	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buchanan Office Nuclear	BUCHANAN	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Three Mile Road Service Center	GRAND RAPIDS	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA	Grand Rapids	9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SH Butterworth Hospital	Grand Rapids	7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI	Grand Rapids	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood	Grand Rapids	2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR	LC033 - Greencastle	Greencastle, PA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Childress Gin and Elevator Company	Monette, AR	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant 2376	Washington, DC	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Melville (Nymel)	Farmingdale, NY	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pink Jeep Tours Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HBSHSECA3C	La Palma, CA	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HBSHSEIL16	Des Plaines, IL	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HBSHSENY01	Albany, NY	55 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.