Commercial printing (except screen, books) · Indiana

Colwell, Inc

Kendallville, IN · ~145 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colwell, Inc runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial printing (except screen, books) workplace, earning a grade F.

Colwell, Inc: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Commercial printing (except screen, books) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colwell, Inc safety composite

Colwell, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−8.1

2016→2023

Colwell, Inc injury rate improved

Colwell, Inc's TCR fell 8.1 from 11.9 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.9 · 2020=9.4 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Kendallville, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #46/48
  • PHOTO Cudahy
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cudahy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colwell, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colwell, Inc averages 7.2 TCR (219% of the Commercial printing (except screen, books) BLS benchmark).

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

Colwell, Inc TCR series: 2016=11.9 · 2020=9.4 · 2022=4 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Colwell, Inc falls in its industry

2,001 Commercial printing (except sc establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 48 Commercial printing (except sc employers in Indiana.

Colwell, Inc (145 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Colwell, Inc
Colwell, Inc (145 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Colwell, Inc has more employees than the Commercial printing (except screen, book 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 3.7 2.8 4 0 0
2022 4.0 2.4 5 0 0
2020 9.4 9.4 18 0 0
2016 11.9 7.3 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · IN · Kendallville

2,001 Commercial printing (except screen, books) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 37 employers in Kendallville, IN · 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 Cudahy 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 31-MI 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Printegra 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three Z Printing 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Consolidated Asset Management Services (Indiana), LLC 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mainstream Fiber Networks 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Essentra HPC Indianapolis 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCI - 210 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Kendallville 711 FTE
CITY-NEAR LSC Communications 488 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1388 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Company 300 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4291 YUCAIPA, CA 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Core-Mark Fort Worth 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4223-M1300 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE CP Rebar & Installation,LLC 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merrill Gardens 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Veritiv Operating Company - TX366 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE QNT - Phoenix 145 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, 2020, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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