Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Connecticut

Waterbury Plating, LLC

Waterbury, CT · ~45 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waterbury Plating, LLC runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Waterbury Plating, LLC: 10.9 TCR = 331% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterbury Plating, LLC safety composite

Waterbury Plating, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−6.8

2017→2024

Waterbury Plating, LLC injury rate improved

Waterbury Plating, LLC's TCR fell 6.8 from 11.0 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.0 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=16.8 · 2022=12.1 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 331% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #17/21
  • PHOTO ApMar USA, inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ApMar USA, inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterbury Plating, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterbury Plating, LLC averages 10.9 TCR (331% 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

Waterbury Plating, LLC TCR series: 2017=11 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=16.8 · 2022=12.1 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Waterbury Plating, LLC falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 21 Electroplating metals and form employers in Connecticut.

Waterbury Plating, LLC (45 employees, TCR 10.9) 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 Waterbury Plating, LLC
Waterbury Plating, LLC (45 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Waterbury Plating, LLC 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
2024 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2023 8.7 4.3 4 0 0
2022 12.1 12.1 7 0 0
2021 16.8 16.8 5 5 0
2020 14.9 14.9 6 0 0
2019 10.3 8.2 5 0 0
2018 9.4 5.7 4 1 0
2017 11.0 5.5 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CT · Waterbury

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, CT · 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 ApMar USA, inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2017 Osha 300 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BARRY AVENUE PLATING CO INC 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Metal Technologies, Inc. 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 150_249 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE URSM 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 617 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR MetalKraft 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites Columbia 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Collinwood 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bernicks Pepsi & Chas A Bernick of St Cloud 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE STAR Energy Services LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pascal Steel Corporation 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pensacola Florida 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE BU 157 Indiana 45 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.