Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing · New York

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc.

Brooklyn, NY · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc.: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. safety composite

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−6.1

2017→2024

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. injury rate improved

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.1 from 7.8 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.8 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=7.2 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Brooklyn, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P16
  • PHOTO St. Louis Facility
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Louis Facility (0.1 TCR gap)

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Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.8 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=7.2 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

75 Dyes, synthetic organic, manuf establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc.
Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing median and a higher 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
2024 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.2 1.4 5 0 0
2020 5.3 2.6 4 0 0
2017 7.8 4.4 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · NY · Brooklyn

75 Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 941 employers in Brooklyn, NY · 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 St. Louis Facility 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Cosmetics LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Plastics Color, Inc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chickering 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brightfarms Inc. 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE POTSDAM SERVICE CENTER-NY99 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bennett Contracting Inc 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3841_7298 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR EDI - Brooklyn 946 9,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR S & A Unified Home Care, Inc. 7,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maimonides Medical Center 6,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn 5,690 FTE
NAT-TCR La Machine Shop, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cape Cod Hospital 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Geil Enterprises, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stewart EFI CT 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fujishige Farms, Inc. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Mathews Reservoir 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Site Bulk Material Handling 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meriden Mfg Inc 76 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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