Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) · Indiana

Daily Journal

Franklin, IN · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Daily Journal runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) workplace, earning a grade B.

Daily Journal: 0.5 TCR = 70% of Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) BLS 0.7 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Daily Journal safety composite

Daily Journal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−4.0

2016→2024

Daily Journal injury rate improved

Daily Journal's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Franklin, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 0.5 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Star Tribune Media H…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Star Tribune Media Holdings Corporate (0.0 TCR gap)

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Daily Journal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Daily Journal averages 0.5 TCR (70% of the Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) BLS benchmark).

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

Daily Journal TCR series: 2016=4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Daily Journal falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers (except e establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Newspaper publishers (except e employers in Indiana.

Daily Journal (23 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Daily Journal
Daily Journal (23 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Daily Journal has fewer employees than the Newspaper publishers (except exclusive I median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · IN · Franklin

61 Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 78 employers in Franklin, IN · 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 Star Tribune Media Holdings Corporate 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trib Total Media - Greensburg 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gazette 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Company HQ 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie's Edge Farming Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineywoods Farm 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greensburg 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Memorial Health 878 FTE
CITY-NEAR KAC Franklin 726 FTE
CITY-NEAR Government 694 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reman Powertrain Indiana 473 FTE
NAT-TCR International Paper - Decatur, Alabama 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oceaneering International - Advanced Technologies Hanover 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AZCO INC. - Short Term Projects 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chevron Pipe Line Company - Houston 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heartland Express Phoenix 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goldman Equipment, LLC - Alexandria 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enterprise 542P 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gold Star Feed and Grain, LLC Adams Center NY 23 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.