Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Massachusetts

Valley Plating, Inc.

Springfield, MA · ~105 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Plating, Inc. runs at 124% 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 Plating, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Plating, Inc. safety composite

Valley Plating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−0.8

2020→2023

Valley Plating, Inc. injury rate improved

Valley Plating, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 4.5 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.5 · 2023=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Springfield, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #16/26
  • PHOTO Valex Corp
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valex Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Plating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Valley Plating, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Valley Plating, Inc. TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Valley Plating, Inc. falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 26 Electroplating metals and form employers in Massachusetts.

Valley Plating, Inc. (105 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Plating, Inc.
Valley Plating, Inc. (105 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Valley Plating, Inc. has more 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
2023 3.7 0.9 3 1 0
2020 4.5 3.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MA · Springfield

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 215 employers in Springfield, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Valex Corp 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KTI Austin 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chrome Deposit Corporation - Akron Division 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Quality Stripping, Inc. 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manafort-Precision, LLC 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electrical Dynamics, Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Nick Companies 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield MA Sheet Plant 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMC - Baystate Medical Center 8,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMP - Baystate Medical Practices 1,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC d/b/a MGM Springfield 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR BMF - Baystate Medical Practices 1,746 FTE
NAT-TCR United Interior Service, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4357 GRAND JUNCTION, CO 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1970 Saint Peters, MO 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR LMA/LCS Willingboro-1113 Hospital Drive 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vitalant NV Las Vegas 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lenoir 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE PTI 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courage Homes 105 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: 2023, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.