Printing, screen (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods) · Kansas
Lowen Corporation
Hutchinson, KS · ~247 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowen Corporation runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Printing, screen (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods) workplace, earning a grade B.
Lowen Corporation: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Printing, screen (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowen Corporation safety composite
Lowen Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Lowen Corporation: 1.3 → 3.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2024
Lowen Corporation's TCR rose 2.2 from 1.3 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323113 · Hutchinson, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #3/7
- PHOTO KIWI PROMOTIONAL APP…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 36 inj
- SIZE ~247 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: KIWI PROMOTIONAL APPAREL (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowen Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowen Corporation
2.3 TCR
- KIWI PROMOTION
KIWI PROMOTIONAL APPAREL
2.3 TCR
- The Print Sour
The Print Source, Inc
2.3 TCR
- MELMARC PRODUC
MELMARC PRODUCTS INC
2.3 TCR
- Sensical, Inc.
Sensical, Inc.
2.2 TCR
What this shows Lowen Corporation averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Printing, screen (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods) BLS benchmark).
Lowen Corporation TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=1.6 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Lowen Corporation falls in its industry
200 Printing, screen (except books establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Printing, screen (except books employers in Kansas.
Lowen Corporation has more employees than the Printing, screen (except books, manifold median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323113 · KS · Hutchinson
200 Printing, screen (except books, manifold business forms, grey goods) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 94 employers in Hutchinson, KS · 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 | KIWI PROMOTIONAL APPAREL | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Print Source, Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MELMARC PRODUCTS INC | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sensical, Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Western Industries Plastic Products LLC | 247 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KSKCI - KANSAS CITY | 247 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SALINA PLANT - WEST | 248 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CFS West Holdings, Inc. | 248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System | 1,003 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hutchinson Regional Medical Center | 956 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 794 | 363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 794 | 336 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Westlake Royal Roofing - Rialto | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ebony Construction Co., Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Valley Construction Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cannery Hotel Casino | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Police | 247 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Williamsburg Manufacturing | 247 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Perfect Plastic Printing Corporation | 247 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sysco Northern New England, Inc. | 247 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.