Window shade and blind installation · Colorado

Lu-Tek, Inc.

Arvada, CO · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lu-Tek, Inc. runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Window shade and blind installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Lu-Tek, Inc.: 11.3 TCR = 404% of Window shade and blind installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lu-Tek, Inc. safety composite

Lu-Tek, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−15.3

2016→2021

Lu-Tek, Inc. injury rate improved

Lu-Tek, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.3 from 21.8 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.8 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238390 · Arvada, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 404% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Waterstoppers Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waterstoppers Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Lu-Tek, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lu-Tek, Inc. averages 11.3 TCR (404% of the Window shade and blind installation BLS benchmark).

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

Lu-Tek, Inc. TCR series: 2016=21.8 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=4 · 2021=6.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Lu-Tek, Inc. falls in its industry

403 Window shade and blind install establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Window shade and blind install employers in Colorado.

Lu-Tek, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lu-Tek, Inc.
Lu-Tek, Inc. (41 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Lu-Tek, Inc. has fewer employees than the Window shade and blind installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2021 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2019 9.1 7.3 4 1 0
2018 18.1 12.9 7 0 0
2017 8.4 4.2 2 0 0
2016 21.8 10.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238390 · CO · Arvada

403 Window shade and blind installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 129 employers in Arvada, CO · 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 Waterstoppers Inc. 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR U.S. Waterproofing 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premier Concrete Construction LLC 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CGS Premier 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Colorado Beef 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilcrest Feedlot 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE TORTUGA AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montrose Maintenance Center 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sundyne LLC 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR WANCO, Inc. 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lumin8 Transportation Technologies, LLC. 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR LivaNova 276 FTE
NAT-TCR ATL Corp 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Manhattan Mini Storage #417 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln Contracting & Equipment Co., Inc.- SCA 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Hereford 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Two Nuts and a Clam Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Glass LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bickford of Gurnee 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hollowick, Inc. 41 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.