Engraving printing plate, for the printing trade · Kansas

Universal Engraving, Inc.

Overland Park, KS · ~111 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Engraving, Inc. runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Engraving printing plate, for the printing trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Engraving, Inc.: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Engraving printing plate, for the printing trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Engraving, Inc. safety composite

Universal Engraving, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Universal Engraving, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Universal Engraving, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 2.8 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=12.0 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323120 · Overland Park, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO Main Location
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Engraving, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Engraving, Inc. averages 6.5 TCR (197% of the Engraving printing plate, for the printing trade BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Engraving, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=12 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Engraving, Inc. falls in its industry

90 Engraving printing plate, for establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Universal Engraving, Inc. (111 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 Universal Engraving, Inc.
Universal Engraving, Inc. (111 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Universal Engraving, Inc. has more employees than the Engraving printing plate, for the printi median and a higher 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 3.0 3.0 3 0 0
2023 12.0 10.9 2 9 0
2022 7.7 6.6 4 3 0
2021 14.7 10.5 8 6 0
2020 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2019 5.8 4.8 6 0 0
2018 4.4 3.7 6 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323120 · KS · Overland Park

90 Engraving printing plate, for the printing trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 273 employers in Overland Park, 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 Main Location 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bindery - NOB 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bindtech KP, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Progress Printing Company 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE TOPEKA KS PLANT 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seneca Frameless 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kauffman Engineering, Inc. JUN 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROOT LABORATORY INC 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black & Veatch P-Building 1,934 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black & Veatch - P Building 1,646 FTE
CITY-NEAR EVERSANA Life Science Services - Overland Park, KS 1,604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Overland Park Regional Medical Center 1,371 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Virginia 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Keizer Refrigeration 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HM Clause - Davis West Research Station 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalin Construction Co., Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greer Commission of Public Works 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Starkweather Roofing Inc 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE MIHUD 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butler - Onedia Valley Road 111 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.