Newspaper publishers and printing combined · North Dakota

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead

Fargo, ND · ~296 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newspaper publishers and printing combined workplace, earning a grade F.

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead: 1.4 TCR = 206% of Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS 0.7 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead safety composite

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead held a steady TCR band

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 1.4 · 206% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK P72
  • PHOTO The Republic
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~296 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Republic (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead averages 1.4 TCR (206% of the Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS benchmark).

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

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.2 · BLS 0.7

Where The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers and print establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead (296 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Forum of Fargo/Moorhead
The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead (296 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

The Forum of Fargo/Moorhead has more employees than the Newspaper publishers and printing combin 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
2018 1.2 0.8 3 0 0
2017 2.1 1.3 4 1 0
2016 1.0 0.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · ND · Fargo

61 Newspaper publishers and printing combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 The Republic 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Villages Media Management - Administration 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZANDER PRESS INC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDI Services 298 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building 1300 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE 33050001-330501 VILLA NAZARETH DBA CHI FRIENDSHIP 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc. 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR 100146 - Farrington Guideway 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tulsa - 215 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Joliet (Laraway Road) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nestle Waters North America Allentown West (ALP) 296 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P. - Pasadena 296 FTE
NAT-SIZE B.H.W. Sheet Metal Co. 296 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6 Corporate Center Dr 296 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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