Employer · Minnesota

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1

Mankato, MN · ~78 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1: 5.9 TCR = 173% of industry BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 safety composite

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.0

2018→2019

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 injury rate improved

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1's TCR fell 5.0 from 8.4 in 2018 to 3.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.4 · 2019=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454113 · Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 173% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO HSN Piney Flats TN
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HSN Piney Flats TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 averages 5.9 TCR (173% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 TCR series: 2018=8.4 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 falls in its industry

98 industry establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 industry employers in Minnesota.

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 (78 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 388 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1
Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 (78 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 388 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Thayer Publishing - 0160-MNMA1 has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 3.4 0.0 2 0 0
2018 8.4 0.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454113 · MN · Mankato

98 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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 HSN Piney Flats TN 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6795-48002B01CK 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Natural Life Collections 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reedsburg 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Austin Utilities 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highline Construction, Inc. 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wireless - Wanamingo, MN 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prestige Drywall inc. 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota State University, Mankato 2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato 2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRCI - Premier Drive 1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mankato Area Public Schools 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Peerless of America II, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR South Point 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Trucks & Parts of Tampa, LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CVC Specialty Chemicals 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5110 - DC West 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Samuel Strapping Systems 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crescent Hill Water Treatment Plant 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ngc-Milton Plant 78 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. 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.