Greases, petroleum lubricating, made from refined petroleum · Kansas

Lubrication Engineers, Inc

Wichita, KS · ~92 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lubrication Engineers, Inc runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Greases, petroleum lubricating, made from refined petroleum workplace, earning a grade B.

Lubrication Engineers, Inc: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Greases, petroleum lubricating, made from refined petroleum BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lubrication Engineers, Inc safety composite

Lubrication Engineers, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Lubrication Engineers, Inc injury rate improved

Lubrication Engineers, Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324191 · Wichita, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO Kluber Lubrication N…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kluber Lubrication NA LP (NH2) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lubrication Engineers, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lubrication Engineers, Inc averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Greases, petroleum lubricating, made from refined petroleum BLS benchmark).

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

Lubrication Engineers, Inc TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=3 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Lubrication Engineers, Inc falls in its industry

171 Greases, petroleum lubricating establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Greases, petroleum lubricating employers in Kansas.

Lubrication Engineers, Inc (92 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Lubrication Engineers, Inc
Lubrication Engineers, Inc (92 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Lubrication Engineers, Inc has more employees than the Greases, petroleum lubricating, made fro 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 2.9 2.9 3 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2022 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2021 2.9 0.0 2 1 0
2020 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 3 0 0
2017 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2016 3.6 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324191 · KS · Wichita

171 Greases, petroleum lubricating, made from refined petroleum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, 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 Kluber Lubrication NA LP (NH2) 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battenfeld Grease & Oil 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RichardsApex, Inc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMPKG 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kansas City Treat 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mainline Printing Inc 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITW Pro Brands 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simmons Kansas City 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spirit Aerosystems 11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Aviation - Mid Continent 4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wesley Medical Center 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC062 2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR Kenworth Brockton 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Beckley Mechanical Main Office 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Paslin, Hoover 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Evapco Midwest 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 176-Hartford Windsor Airport Marriott 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeview Manor 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond American Homes of Colorado 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bunting and Murray Construction Corp 92 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, 2023, 2022, 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.