Printing Ink Manufacturer · Illinois

INX International Ink Co. (3900)

Homewood, IL · ~125 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

INX International Ink Co. (3900) runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Printing Ink Manufacturer workplace, earning a grade B.

INX International Ink Co. (3900): 2.1 TCR = 63% of Printing Ink Manufacturer BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

INX International Ink Co. (3900) safety composite

INX International Ink Co. (3900) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

2016→2023

INX International Ink Co. (3900) injury rate improved

INX International Ink Co. (3900)'s TCR fell 2.8 from 4.6 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2018=2.3 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.9 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325910 · Homewood, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO Flint Group Weyers C…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flint Group Weyers Cave (0.0 TCR gap)

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INX International Ink Co. (3900) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows INX International Ink Co. (3900) averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Printing Ink Manufacturer BLS benchmark).

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

INX International Ink Co. (3900) TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2018=2.3 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.9 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where INX International Ink Co. (3900) falls in its industry

111 Printing Ink Manufacturer establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Printing Ink Manufacturer employers in Illinois.

INX International Ink Co. (3900) (125 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate INX International Ink Co. (3900)
INX International Ink Co. (3900) (125 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

INX International Ink Co. (3900) has more employees than the Printing Ink Manufacturer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 1.8 0.0 1 1 0
2021 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2019 - - 4 0 0
2018 2.3 1.5 3 0 0
2016 4.6 3.9 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325910 · IL · Homewood

111 Printing Ink Manufacturer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Homewood, IL · 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 Flint Group Weyers Cave 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evansville, IN 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Chemical - Northlake 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lebanon Flint Group 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Joppa Power Station 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dunnet Bay Main 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE J3 Construction Inc. 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westside Mechanical Group Design/Build, LLC. 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eagle Express Lines, Inc 1,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homewood 585 FTE
CITY-NEAR CCSI-Homewood 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5404 357 FTE
NAT-TCR Chimes District of Columbia, Dover Airforce Base 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Tactical, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Banjo Corporation 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Distribution Unlimited, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE HMH Residential Care Red Bank 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE LMI - Cuba 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Our Lady of Peace 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geo M. Martin Co. 125 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.