Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) · Kentucky

LSC Communications

Glasgow, KY · ~572 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LSC Communications runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) workplace, earning a grade D.

LSC Communications: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LSC Communications safety composite

LSC Communications scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−0.5

2018→2019

LSC Communications injury rate improved

LSC Communications's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.6 in 2018 to 4.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.6 · 2019=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Glasgow, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #35/44
  • PHOTO Admail West Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~572 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Admail West Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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LSC Communications in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LSC Communications averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS benchmark).

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

LSC Communications TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where LSC Communications falls in its industry

2,001 Offset printing (except books, establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 44 Offset printing (except books, employers in Kentucky.

LSC Communications (572 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate LSC Communications
LSC Communications (572 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

LSC Communications has more employees than the Offset printing (except books, printing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019 4.2 3.0 21 1 0
2018 4.6 2.9 23 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · KY · Glasgow

2,001 Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 66 employers in Glasgow, KY · 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 Admail West Inc 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royle Printing 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR World Arts, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Occasions Group - MN - 0156 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aluminum 573 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cabinetworks Group - Mount Sterling 576 FTE
STATE-SIZE UPSCO GLOBAL OPERATIONS CENTER (KYLOA) 576 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark Regional Medical Center 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR TJ Samson Community Hospital 874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akebono Brake - Glasgow Plant 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akebono Brake, Glasgow Plant 477 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 711 460 FTE
NAT-TCR Maverick Portage, IN 46368 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 1767 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1211 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Groc 3rd Shift 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Police Department 572 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red River Army Depot TX0660 572 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hubbell 572 FTE
NAT-SIZE Englewood Center (Coegl) 572 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: 2019, 2018. 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.