Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Arkansas

1301 E 8th St

North Little Rock, AR · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1301 E 8th St runs at 495% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

1301 E 8th St: 16.3 TCR = 495% of Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1301 E 8th St safety composite

1301 E 8th St scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

1301 E 8th St: 12.9 → 19.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 19.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2024

1301 E 8th St's TCR rose 6.9 from 12.9 in 2023 to 19.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · North Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.3 · 495% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Texas Foam Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Texas Foam Inc. (0.5 TCR gap)

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1301 E 8th St in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1301 E 8th St averages 16.3 TCR (495% of the Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

1301 E 8th St TCR series: 2023=12.9 · 2024=19.8 · BLS 3.3

Where 1301 E 8th St falls in its industry

260 Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, employers in Arkansas.

1301 E 8th St (52 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 1301 E 8th St
1301 E 8th St (52 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

1301 E 8th St has fewer employees than the Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024 19.8 6.6 3 0 0
2023 12.9 12.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · AR · North Little Rock

260 Dinnerware, polystyrene foam, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 149 employers in North Little Rock, AR · 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 Texas Foam Inc. 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Employ Source Staffing Solutions 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPK-NJ 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polar Industries, Inc. - Gramar 14.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parks Brothers Farms, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peco Foods Hatchery 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri Star Contractors, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE AR 1a 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR Little Rock 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maverick North Little Rock, AR 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR EngageMED 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock 1,002 FTE
NAT-TCR Elroy Health Services 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitley Evergreen, Inc. 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ultravation, Inc. - Brandon 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Transportation 16.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Climb Concrete 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE B & C Industries, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Gillette Company, LLC - North Chicago Plant 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE G&S Bar and Wire 52 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: 2024, 2023. 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.