Employer · North Dakota

Cole Papers Fargo

Fargo, ND · ~98 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cole Papers Fargo runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Cole Papers Fargo: 7.3 TCR = 330% of industry BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cole Papers Fargo safety composite

Cole Papers Fargo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−2.2

2021→2024

Cole Papers Fargo injury rate improved

Cole Papers Fargo's TCR fell 2.2 from 10.4 in 2021 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.4 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423410 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 330% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Cole Papers Inc Aber…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cole Papers Inc Aberdeen (1.1 TCR gap)

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Cole Papers Fargo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cole Papers Fargo averages 7.3 TCR (330% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Cole Papers Fargo TCR series: 2021=10.4 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Cole Papers Fargo falls in its industry

13 industry establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Cole Papers Fargo (98 employees, TCR 7.3) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 0100200300 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation, Cypress CACole Papers Sioux FallsFUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation- Hanover Park, ILRapidView, LLCFujifilm Holdings America CorporationFujifilm North America Corporation, Cypress, CAW. Schiller & Co., Inc.FUJIFILM North America Corporation- Hanover Park, ILCole Papers Fargo
Cole Papers Fargo (98 employees, TCR 7.3) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Cole Papers Fargo has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024 8.2 6.1 8 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2022 8.6 6.4 8 0 0
2021 10.4 6.2 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423410 · ND · Fargo

13 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 Cole Papers Inc Aberdeen 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cole Papers Inc. Mandan 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation, Cypress CA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BNY Warehouse Location 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3044 Cash Wise Dickinson 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unit # 1976 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Forks 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robert Gibb & Sons, Inc. 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR Eagle Creek Nursing Center 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The San Francisco Marriott Union Square 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Moline IL (Quad Cities - 2) 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pepper Source Rogers 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Charkit Chemical Company 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Complete Care at Silver Lake 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE 63rd Street 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camp Sea Gull - Ymca of the Triangle 98 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.