Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers · North Dakota

Dacotah Paper Co

Name: Dacotah Paper Co Workplace Safety Data
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Fargo, ND · ~126 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dacotah Paper Co runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Dacotah Paper Co: 4.4 TCR = 200% of Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dacotah Paper Co safety composite

Dacotah Paper Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dacotah Paper Co: 1.5 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Dacotah Paper Co's TCR rose 4.4 from 1.5 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 200% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK P29
PHOTO 5802 Ontario CA
BOOK 9y book
INJ 55 inj
SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5802 Ontario CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dacotah Paper Co averages 4.4 TCR (200% of the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Dacotah Paper Co TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Dacotah Paper Co falls in its industry

290 Bags, paper and disposable pla establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Dacotah Paper Co (126 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Dacotah Paper Co has more employees than the Bags, paper and disposable plastics, mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2024	5.9	1.5	8
2023	7.5	3.0	10
2022	4.6	1.5	6
2021	3.6	2.1	5
2020	4.5	3.0	6
2019	6.4	5.0	9
2018	3.6	3.6	6
2017	2.2	1.5	3
2016	1.5	1.5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · ND · Fargo

290 Bags, paper and disposable plastics, merchant wholesalers 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	5802 Ontario CA	FONTANA, CA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bunzl Philadelphia	PHILADELPHIA, PA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	3813_7254	AMSTERDAM, NY	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Veritiv Operating Company - PA168	WARRENDALE, PA	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	6458-ZFAR	FARGO	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tecta America Dakotas	GRAND FORKS	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Headquarters	FARGO	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fargo Location	FARGO	125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR	Northshore Heights	Knoxville, TN	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	H04 - Distribution International	Hicksville, NY	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	FedEx Supply Chain Hixson	Lebanon, TN	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Americold Logistics, LLC: City of Industry	City of Industry, CA	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	US Screen Corporation	Austin, TX	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 1780	Gallatin, TN	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cedar County Memorial Hospital	El Dorado Springs, MO	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eagle Mountain Case Rdy DC	Eagle Mountain, UT	126 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.

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