Newspaper publishers and printing combined · Minnesota

West Central Tribune

Name: West Central Tribune Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Willmar, MN · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.9
Avg TCR: 0.7
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

West Central Tribune runs at 981% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Newspaper publishers and printing combined workplace, earning a grade F.

West Central Tribune: 6.9 TCR = 981% of Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Central Tribune safety composite

West Central Tribune scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

West Central Tribune held a steady TCR band

West Central Tribune's TCR held near 0.2 from 6.8 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 511110 · Willmar, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 981% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO HCMG Wawarme Avenue
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HCMG Wawarme Avenue (0.6 TCR gap)

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Engle Printing

7.7
Star Tribune M

7.5
This site

6.9
HCMG Wawarme A

6.3
Janesville Gaz

5.7

What this shows West Central Tribune averages 6.9 TCR (981% of the Newspaper publishers and printing combined BLS benchmark).

West Central Tribune TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=7 · BLS 0.7

Where West Central Tribune falls in its industry

61 Newspaper publishers and print establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Newspaper publishers and print employers in Minnesota.

West Central Tribune (68 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 2.4

West Central Tribune has fewer employees than the Newspaper publishers and printing combin median and a higher 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	7.0	2.3	3	0	0
2017	6.8	2.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

511110 · MN · Willmar

61 Newspaper publishers and printing combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 154 employers in Willmar, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	HCMG Wawarme Avenue	HARTFORD, CT	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Star Tribune Media Company, LLC - Heritage Plant	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc	LANCASTER, PA	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Janesville Gazette	JANESVILLE, WI	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Stearns Electric Association	MELROSE	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Federal Contracting Group	MINNEAPOLIS	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc.	NORTH ST PAUL	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wm Mueller & Sons Inc	HAMBURG	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Willmar Avenue Plant	Willmar	1,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Willmar Ave Plant	Willmar	1,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carris Health Rice Hospital	Willmar	848 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital	Willmar	742 FTE
NAT-TCR	Globe Manufacturing Company-OK, LLC	Ada, OK	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brighton Place West	Topeka, KS	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	HouseWorks, LLC	Newton, MA	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Armstrong Services DBA Legend Oaks Northwest Houston	Houston, TX	6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Draper, UT	Draper, UT	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OSNC, Inc. dba Osceola Therapy and Living	Osceola, AR	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nashville - Resort	Nashville, TN	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caring Hands Inc	Alliance, OH	68 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. 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.