Printing postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping) to printed products (e.g., books, cards, paper) · Missouri

Post Press Specialties

Independence, MO · ~169 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Post Press Specialties runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Printing postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping) to printed products (e.g., books, cards, paper) workplace, earning a grade B.

Post Press Specialties: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Printing postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping) to printed products (e.g., books, cards, paper) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Post Press Specialties safety composite

Post Press Specialties scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−4.8

2021→2024

Post Press Specialties injury rate improved

Post Press Specialties's TCR fell 4.8 from 5.5 in 2021 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.5 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323120 · Independence, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO B. W. J. Graphics, I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B. W. J. Graphics, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Post Press Specialties in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Post Press Specialties averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Printing postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping) to printed products (e.g., books, cards, paper) BLS benchmark).

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

Post Press Specialties TCR series: 2021=5.5 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Post Press Specialties falls in its industry

90 Printing postpress services (e establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Printing postpress services (e employers in Missouri.

Post Press Specialties (169 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Post Press Specialties
Post Press Specialties (169 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Post Press Specialties has more employees than the Printing postpress services (e.g., bevel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 5.5 4.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323120 · MO · Independence

90 Printing postpress services (e.g., beveling, bronzing, folding, gluing, edging, foil stamping) to printed products (e.g., books, cards, paper) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 126 employers in Independence, MO · 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 B. W. J. Graphics, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR STI 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Roto Engravers, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Post Press Specialtites 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE HERZOG TECHNOLOGIES INC 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lifeline Foods 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS INC - Monett 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Billy Goat Industries 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division 1,810 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin-Winchester LLC 1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark Building 906 FTE
NAT-TCR Grand Openings, Inc 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1730 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Five Points CA CA 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Warn Automotive LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crescent Manufacturing 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reynolds asphalt and Construction Company 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairlawn Haven 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&M Dal 169 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.