Vertical Transportation Company · Colorado

D52 Denver

Lakewood, CO · ~85 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D52 Denver runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vertical Transportation Company workplace, earning a grade D.

D52 Denver: 3.6 TCR = 128% of Vertical Transportation Company BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D52 Denver safety composite

D52 Denver scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

D52 Denver injury rate improved

D52 Denver's TCR fell 0.5 from 5.6 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2017=2.9 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=4.6 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · Lakewood, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 128% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #14/26
  • PHOTO TK Elevator Tulsa
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TK Elevator Tulsa (0.0 TCR gap)

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D52 Denver in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D52 Denver averages 3.6 TCR (128% of the Vertical Transportation Company BLS benchmark).

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

D52 Denver TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=2.9 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=4.6 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.8

Where D52 Denver falls in its industry

1,138 Vertical Transportation Compan establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 26 Vertical Transportation Compan employers in Colorado.

D52 Denver (85 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate D52 Denver
D52 Denver (85 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

D52 Denver has more employees than the Vertical Transportation Company median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 5.1 4.1 5 0 0
2021 4.6 3.5 4 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2019 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2016 5.6 1.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · CO · Lakewood

1,138 Vertical Transportation Company employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 205 employers in Lakewood, CO · 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 TK Elevator Tulsa 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diebold Nixdorf Uniontown OH 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TK Elevator Greensboro 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR thyssenkrupp Elevator San Diego 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Arvada North Region HQ 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Floyd Hill - 062308 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 102004 - I225 Light Rail Corridor 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE RRSC Denver 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eberl - Corporate Headquarters - Lakewood 2,505 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony Hospital 2643-05080001-050820 2,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terumo BCT, Inc. 2,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Anthony Hospital 1,997 FTE
NAT-TCR Heidebreicht Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pfeifer Implement Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Agri-Feed, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 32LP 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 52NC 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vtsjo - St Johnsbury 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dc 6000 85 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 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.