Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) · Kansas

Color Communications, LLC

Chicago, KS · ~183 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Color Communications, LLC runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) workplace, earning a grade D.

Color Communications, LLC: 6.0 TCR = 183% of Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Color Communications, LLC safety composite

Color Communications, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.8

2020→2023

Color Communications, LLC injury rate improved

Color Communications, LLC's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.8 in 2020 to 5.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.8 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Chicago, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 183% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #23/26
  • PHOTO KTP Lexington
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KTP Lexington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Color Communications, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Color Communications, LLC averages 6.0 TCR (183% of the Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS benchmark).

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

Color Communications, LLC TCR series: 2020=7.8 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Color Communications, LLC falls in its industry

2,001 Offset printing (except books, establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 26 Offset printing (except books, employers in Kansas.

Color Communications, LLC (183 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Color Communications, LLC
Color Communications, LLC (183 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Color Communications, LLC has more employees than the Offset printing (except books, printing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 5.0 4.0 4 1 0
2022 7.9 7.9 9 0 0
2021 3.5 2.8 5 0 0
2020 7.8 7.1 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · KS · Chicago

2,001 Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 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 KTP Lexington 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continental Identification Products 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Curtis 1000 Inc. - 0223-MNFR1 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ennis Tag & Label 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SKYLINE-CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHAW-NAZ-SHAWNEE 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chrome Plus International 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 615-00033 183 FTE
NAT-TCR Custom Foods of America 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalco Machine & Mfg. Co. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Peru 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4223-M0500 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Garden State Growers LLC 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE HEADQUARTERS : State Fire Marshal 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kyocera International Inc. FC Vancouver, WA. 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utah Office 183 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, 2022, 2021, 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.