Newspapers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing · North Dakota

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant

Grand Forks, ND · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Newspapers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing workplace, earning a grade D.

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant: 4.6 TCR = 141% of Newspapers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant safety composite

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−6.7

2016→2018

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant injury rate improved

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant's TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Grand Forks, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 141% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P20
  • PHOTO THE ROCK GA
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: THE ROCK GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant averages 4.6 TCR (141% of the Newspapers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing BLS benchmark).

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

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant falls in its industry

2,001 Newspapers commercial printing establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant (33 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant
Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant (33 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant has fewer employees than the Newspapers commercial printing (except s median and a higher 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.2 0.0 2 0 0
2016 6.7 6.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · ND · Grand Forks

2,001 Newspapers commercial printing (except screen) without publishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 175 employers in Grand Forks, 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 THE ROCK GA 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paterson, NJ 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nosco - Waukegan Facility 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westamerica Communications, Inc. 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badlands Contracting, LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lonesome Dove 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE A650 Alexander 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Branick Industries, Inc. 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altru Health System Med Park 2,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR LM Wind Power 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR LM Wind Power : Grand Forks 614 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Eldercare Center 606 FTE
NAT-TCR Office 81 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Briggs & Stratton Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HomeChoice Partners - 2535 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR General Stamping & Metalworks - South Bend 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Earlington 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE La Feria HAR 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philadelphia International Airport 33 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: 2018, 2017, 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.