Machine bases, metal, manufacturing · Arkansas

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc.

Siloam Springs, AR · ~58 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine bases, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Machine bases, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. safety composite

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.8

2020→2024

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. injury rate improved

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.8 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Siloam Springs, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Giese Manufacturing …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Machine bases, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. TCR series: 2020=4.8 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. falls in its industry

827 Machine bases, metal, manufact establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Machine bases, metal, manufact employers in Arkansas.

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. (58 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Alternative Design Mfg, Inc.
Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. (58 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine bases, metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.8 1.9 1 1 0
2022 6.9 5.2 4 0 0
2021 3.5 1.7 2 0 0
2020 4.8 3.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · AR · Siloam Springs

827 Machine bases, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 42 employers in Siloam Springs, 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 Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tosoh SMD - Grove City 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Metals, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Leesport 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Little Rock Data Center 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE creative design concepts inc 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malone's Mechanical Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Little Rock 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gates Corporation 658 FTE
CITY-NEAR SSFP 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4 398 FTE
NAT-TCR RG Framing Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Roof Services A Tecta America Company LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CAL038 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Worthington Public Utilities 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NVision Glass, Inc. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parker Trutec MMi 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farm 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSP-SiMatrix, Inc. - Victor 58 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, 2020. 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.