Newspaper publishers and printing combined · Nebraska

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News

Norfolk, NE · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newspaper publishers and printing combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News: 1.7 TCR = 244% of Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News safety composite

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News: 1.5 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2020

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Norfolk, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.7 · 244% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P66
  • PHOTO The Blade
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Blade (0.0 TCR gap)

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Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News averages 1.7 TCR (244% of the Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS benchmark).

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

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.1 · BLS 0.7

Where Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers and print establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News (63 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News
Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News (63 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News has fewer employees than the Newspaper publishers and printing combin 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
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.0 1.6 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · NE · Norfolk

61 Newspaper publishers and printing combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 87 employers in Norfolk, NE · 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 Blade 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wick Communications Co. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZANDER PRESS INC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dow AgroSciences/Mycogen Seeds 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sampson Construction - Papillion, NE 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vision Mechanical LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faith Regional Health Services West Campus 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel Nebraska 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR AWG, Norfolk 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vulcraft Nebraska 460 FTE
NAT-TCR ITS 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus, OH Store 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Foremost Farms - Milan 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ASC Ponca City 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ables Inc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carnes Frames Inc. - Brookwood Drive Location 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE QCS 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE FAL 63 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: 2020, 2019, 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.