Newspaper branch offices · North Carolina

The Rocky Mount Telegram

Rocky Mount, NC · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Rocky Mount Telegram runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Newspaper branch offices workplace, earning a grade C.

The Rocky Mount Telegram: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Newspaper branch offices BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Rocky Mount Telegram safety composite

The Rocky Mount Telegram scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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%).

The Rocky Mount Telegram held a steady TCR band

The Rocky Mount Telegram's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Rocky Mount, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P100
  • PHOTO McClatchy East
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McClatchy East (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Rocky Mount Telegram in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Rocky Mount Telegram averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Newspaper branch offices BLS benchmark).

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

The Rocky Mount Telegram TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · BLS 0.7

Where The Rocky Mount Telegram falls in its industry

61 Newspaper branch offices establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
The Rocky Mount Telegram (42 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Rocky Mount Telegram
The Rocky Mount Telegram (42 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

The Rocky Mount Telegram has fewer employees than the Newspaper branch offices 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · NC · Rocky Mount

61 Newspaper branch offices employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 121 employers in Rocky Mount, NC · 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 McClatchy East 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Company HQ 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gazette 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Star Tribune Media Holdings Corporate 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mount Vernon Hatchery 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Southport 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALBEMARLE-WMSTN 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Operations Center 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospira, a Pfizer Company 2,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC Rocky Mount, Inc. 1,177 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Rocky Mount 1,161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barnhill Contracting Company 982 FTE
NAT-TCR Aviation Other : Virtual Employee Roll-Up Site 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AZ-01 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CT-02 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NJ-05 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avanti Wind Systems, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE WSW 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Bethany Inc 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottawa Cooperative Association 42 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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