Newspaper publishers and printing combined · Texas

Valley Morning star

Harlingen, TX · ~37 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Morning star runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newspaper publishers and printing combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Morning star: 2.2 TCR = 319% of Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Morning star safety composite

Valley Morning star 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−6.3

2016→2023

Valley Morning star injury rate improved

Valley Morning star's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Harlingen, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.2 · 319% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Southern Wisconsin B…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Morning star in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Morning star averages 2.2 TCR (319% 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

Valley Morning star TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Valley Morning star falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers and print establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Newspaper publishers and print employers in Texas.

Valley Morning star (37 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Valley Morning star
Valley Morning star (37 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Valley Morning star has fewer 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.3 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · TX · Harlingen

61 Newspaper publishers and printing combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 133 employers in Harlingen, TX · 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 Southern Wisconsin Broadcasting 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daily Republic 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Davis Enterprise 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Brownsville Herald 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fannin Growing 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bovina Cattle Company 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skyland Grain, LLC- Spearman Gin 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alura Cogen 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-838 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harlingen Medical Center 661 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX_Harlingen_2921 S. Expswy 83_TCIP2T20 553 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 595 354 FTE
NAT-TCR SEA Sea-Tac Airport 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FTP1 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4667 Mesa, AZ 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Upper Midwest : SVC-Twin Cities MN-USA 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Webster 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4ServicePros 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE IQHWI Neillsville WI 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neumann Plumbing and Heating, Inc. 37 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: 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 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.