Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Ohio

Whitaker Finishing LLC

Name: Whitaker Finishing LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Northwood, OH · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Whitaker Finishing LLC runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Whitaker Finishing LLC: 1.7 TCR = 50% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whitaker Finishing LLC safety composite

Whitaker Finishing LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Whitaker Finishing LLC held a steady TCR band

Whitaker Finishing LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Northwood, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 50% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/62
PHOTO Precision Spray & Co…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Spray & Coatings LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
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1.6
Aerospace Coat

1.6

What this shows Whitaker Finishing LLC averages 1.7 TCR (50% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Whitaker Finishing LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Whitaker Finishing LLC falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 62 Electroplating metals and form employers in Ohio.

Whitaker Finishing LLC (35 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Whitaker Finishing LLC has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a lower 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	3.0	0.0	1
2022	2.9	2.9	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	3.2	3.2	1
2019	2.5	2.5	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · OH · Northwood

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 46 employers in Northwood, OH · 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	Precision Spray & Coatings LLC	HOUSTON, TX	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hixson Metal Finishing	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Klune Spanish Fork	SPANISH FORK, UT	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aerospace Coatings International, Inc.	OXFORD, AL	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Location 1	WEST ALEXANDRIA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nursery	DAYTON	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Croton Pullet 3	CROTON	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hatchery 1	OAKWOOD	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Norplas Industries	Northwood	1,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buckeye Broadband	Northwood	685 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Adient Northwood Ohio	Northwood	504 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Adient LLC	Northwood	447 FTE
NAT-TCR	Renishaw Inc-Auburn Hills, MI	Auburn Hills, MI	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	WA - Sumner	Sumner, WA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	International Paper - Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City, OK	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Auria Albemarle	Albemarle, NC	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hampton Inn	Natick, MA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Retlaw Industries Inc	Hartland, WI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Swagelok Austin	Cedar Park, TX	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Refractory Service Corporation-East Chicago	East Chicago, IN	35 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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