Discount Department Stores · Arkansas

2284 - Fort Smith

Fort Smith, AR · ~143 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2284 - Fort Smith runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade B.

2284 - Fort Smith: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2284 - Fort Smith safety composite

2284 - Fort Smith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

2284 - Fort Smith held a steady TCR band

2284 - Fort Smith's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/29
  • PHOTO WM 3087
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WM 3087 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2284 - Fort Smith in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2284 - Fort Smith averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2284 - Fort Smith TCR series: 2019=0 · 2021=3 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 2284 - Fort Smith falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 29 Discount Department Stores employers in Arkansas.

2284 - Fort Smith (143 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2284 - Fort Smith
2284 - Fort Smith (143 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2284 - Fort Smith has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 8.7 8.7 3 6 0
2021 3.0 3.0 2 1 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · AR · Fort Smith

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, 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 WM 3087 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #0226 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #1128 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #2624 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE OCCDP NWA 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Fraser - Russellville Mill 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10596 Fayetteville 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE 025-00621 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Chambers Drum Company, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Paper Converters LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Spring at Carman Oaks - AL 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pellicano Specialty Foods, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2330 - Belleville 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2043 - Overland Park West 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1273 - Pensacola NE 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0881 - Eagle Creek 143 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, 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.