Periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing · South Dakota
Forum Communications Printing
Sioux Falls, SD · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Forum Communications Printing runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing workplace, earning a grade A.
Forum Communications Printing: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Forum Communications Printing safety composite
Forum Communications Printing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Forum Communications Printing: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2023
Forum Communications Printing's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323111 · Sioux Falls, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #2/12
- PHOTO Ross4Marketing, C&D …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ross4Marketing, C&D Printing, Egan Printing Co. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Forum Communications Printing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Forum Communications Printing
1.2 TCR
- Ross4Marketing
Ross4Marketing, C&D Printing, Egan Printing Co.
1.2 TCR
- Envelope mart
Envelope mart
1.2 TCR
- valdese packag
valdese packaging & label
1.2 TCR
- TC Transcontin
TC Transcontinental Battle Creek
1.2 TCR
What this shows Forum Communications Printing averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing BLS benchmark).
Forum Communications Printing TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Forum Communications Printing falls in its industry
2,001 Periodicals commercial printin establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 12 Periodicals commercial printin employers in South Dakota.
Forum Communications Printing has fewer employees than the Periodicals commercial printing (except median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323111 · SD · Sioux Falls
2,001 Periodicals commercial printing (except screen) without publishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, SD · 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 | Ross4Marketing, C&D Printing, Egan Printing Co. | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Envelope mart | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | valdese packaging & label | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TC Transcontinental Battle Creek | 1.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Howard Farmers Coop | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NORTHERN ELECTRIC | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tru-Form Construction, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rapid Packaging Company Inc. | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals | 6,424 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 4,818 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods | 3,459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avera McKennan Hospital | 3,312 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Central MN Mental Health Center - Buffalo | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ready to Haul, LLC | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | L3 Technologies - Offutt | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ultralife Corporation | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Saxton Corporation of Albany | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PNCI Construction Inc | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Theisen's of Vinton | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vadnais Heights Clinic | 31 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.