Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) · Iowa

Iowa Information Publication Inc

Name: Iowa Information Publication Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Sheldon, IA · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 0.7
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iowa Information Publication Inc runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) workplace, earning a grade C.

Iowa Information Publication Inc: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Information Publication Inc safety composite

Iowa Information Publication Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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%).

Iowa Information Publication Inc held a steady TCR band

Iowa Information Publication Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Sheldon, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #0/4
PHOTO McClatchy East
BOOK 5y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McClatchy East (0.1 TCR gap)

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Star Tribune M

0.5
The Gazette

0.4
Company HQ

0.3
McClatchy East

0.1
This site

0

What this shows Iowa Information Publication Inc averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) BLS benchmark).

Iowa Information Publication Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Iowa Information Publication Inc falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers (except e establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 4 Newspaper publishers (except e employers in Iowa.

Iowa Information Publication Inc (45 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Iowa Information Publication Inc 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · IA · Sheldon

61 Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Sheldon, IA · 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	McClatchy East	RALEIGH, NC	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Company HQ	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Gazette	CEDAR RAPIDS, IA	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Star Tribune Media Holdings Corporate	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bushel Boy - Mason City	MASON CITY	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Amana Farms, Inc.	AMANA	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Opal Foods Hampton	HAMPTON	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Davenport Service Center	DAVENPORT	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sheldon Facility	Sheldon	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Van Wyk, Inc.	Sheldon	251 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sheldon Medical Center	Sheldon	219 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IA,SHELDON - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Sheldon	188 FTE
NAT-TCR	CA-Solmetric	Sebastopol, CA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	HI-02	Kahului, HI	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	NY-03	Westbury, NY	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richmond East	Richmond, VA	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Gateway Family house, LLC	Euclid, OH	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Action Environmental, LLC Sylacauga, AL	Sylacauga, AL	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vancouver 102	Vancouver, WA	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Albuquerque 137	Albuquerque, NM	45 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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