Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) · Ohio

The Blade

Toledo, OH · ~248 workers · 2 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

The Blade runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) workplace, earning a grade F.

The Blade: 1.7 TCR = 244% of Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Blade safety composite

The Blade scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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

66/100

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
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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2016→2017

The Blade injury rate improved

The Blade's TCR fell 2.5 from 3.0 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Toledo, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 1.7 · 244% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P66
  • PHOTO Huse Publishing Comp…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Blade in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Blade averages 1.7 TCR (244% of the Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) BLS benchmark).

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

The Blade TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=0.5 · BLS 0.7

Where The Blade falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers (except e establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
The Blade (248 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 The Blade
The Blade (248 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

The Blade has more 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
2017 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.0 1.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · OH · Toledo

61 Newspaper publishers (except exclusive Internet publishing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, OH · 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 Huse Publishing Company dba Norfolk Daily News 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 Tiffin 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Queensgate 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woeber Mustard Manufacturing 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mom's Meals North Jackson Kitchen 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Toledo Hospital 5,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 FTE
NAT-TCR APS Four Corners - Sundt Construction 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Philips Lighting Company 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Solutions : IS - Tech - Plano, TX - Technology Drive 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Border Brokerage Blaine Administration (Wabln) 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spring Valley (Nyspv) 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tallahassee Center (Fltal) 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-ROA-ROANOKE-PD 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE TX.HOUST.406 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 248 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: 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.