Newspaper branch offices · Wisconsin

Janesville Gazette

Janesville, WI · ~196 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Janesville Gazette runs at 816% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newspaper branch offices workplace, earning a grade F.

Janesville Gazette: 5.7 TCR = 816% of Newspaper branch offices BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Janesville Gazette safety composite

Janesville Gazette scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−0.8

2017→2018

Janesville Gazette injury rate improved

Janesville Gazette's TCR fell 0.8 from 6.1 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.1 · 2018=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Janesville, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 816% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Corrugated Containers
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~196 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corrugated Containers (0.1 TCR gap)

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Janesville Gazette in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Janesville Gazette averages 5.7 TCR (816% of the Newspaper branch offices BLS benchmark).

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

Janesville Gazette TCR series: 2017=6.1 · 2018=5.3 · BLS 0.7

Where Janesville Gazette falls in its industry

61 Newspaper branch offices establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Newspaper branch offices employers in Wisconsin.

Janesville Gazette (196 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 Janesville Gazette
Janesville Gazette (196 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Janesville Gazette has more employees than the Newspaper branch offices median and a higher 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
2018 5.3 4.0 8 0 0
2017 6.1 1.8 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · WI · Janesville

61 Newspaper branch offices employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 178 employers in Janesville, WI · 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 Corrugated Containers 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rieger 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HCMG Wawarme Avenue 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Marine a division of Michels Construction, Inc-WI-Lomira 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ortega 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE Radius Packaging 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phillips-Medisize-Eau Claire 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR Service Center Operations : 0780 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR US - Supply Chain : 0780 1,087 FTE
CITY-NEAR 780 - JANESVILLE, WI 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Foods Corporation 650 FTE
NAT-TCR Lisenby 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Williamsport Md (Whse) 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Presence Saint Benedict Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassionate Care Hospice of Sioux Falls 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Canton GSL 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Louis - 4350 Semple Avenue 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imperial Dade Orlando 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE thyssenkrupp Industrial Services - Lafayette 196 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.