Printing and binding books without publishing · Massachusetts

King Printing Company Inc

Lowell, MA · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

King Printing Company Inc runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Printing and binding books without publishing workplace, earning a grade B.

King Printing Company Inc: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Printing and binding books without publishing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

King Printing Company Inc safety composite

King Printing Company Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−2.5

2016→2024

King Printing Company Inc injury rate improved

King Printing Company Inc's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323117 · Lowell, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Bookmasters inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bookmasters inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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King Printing Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows King Printing Company Inc averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Printing and binding books without publishing BLS benchmark).

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

King Printing Company Inc TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where King Printing Company Inc falls in its industry

116 Printing and binding books wit establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Printing and binding books wit employers in Massachusetts.

King Printing Company Inc (42 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 King Printing Company Inc
King Printing Company Inc (42 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 employees and a TCR of 3.2

King Printing Company Inc has fewer employees than the Printing and binding books without publi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.5 2.5 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323117 · MA · Lowell

116 Printing and binding books without publishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, MA · 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 Bookmasters inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeside Book Company - Owensville 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LSC Communications Digital 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marceline 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kendall 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Anawan Street 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease Boston 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mass Cabinets Inc. 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pathfinder 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital Saints 741 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macom Technology Solutions 507 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Connors State College 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dayton Terminal 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DRYCO 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ICW 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forman Ford - 03 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pemberton Fabricators, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE LifeCare Ambulance Service, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mike's Fence Center Inc 42 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, 2022, 2021, 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.