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Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution

Minneapolis, MN · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Publishing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution: 0.9 TCR = 126% of Publishing BLS 0.7 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution safety composite

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511130 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 0.9 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P59
  • PHOTO SAGE Teller Office, US
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SAGE Teller Office, US (0.1 TCR gap)

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Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution averages 0.9 TCR (126% of the Publishing BLS benchmark).

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

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.6 · BLS 0.7

Where Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution falls in its industry

27 Publishing establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution (25 employees, TCR 0.9) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 193 employees and a TCR of 1.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution
Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution (25 employees, TCR 0.9) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 193 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Lerner Publishing Group - Distribution has fewer employees than the Publishing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2019 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511130 · MN · Minneapolis

27 Publishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, MN · 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 SAGE Teller Office, US 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Methodist Publishing House 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Church of Scientology International Dissemination & Distribution Center 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HMH Orlando 1500 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Hutchinson, MN 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Park Rapids Trucking 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Country Pork LLP 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN IPH 03-0110-10, 50, 51, 52, 970 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Pipe Craft, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Telge 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP-CCO 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambria Hotel & Suites Chelsea NY 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE MelCo, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meek's Joplin 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baystate Winsupply Co. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring Farm Cares 25 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.