Railroad cars and car equipment manufacturing · Arkansas
American Railcar Industries (ARI)
Paragould, AR · ~589 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
American Railcar Industries (ARI) runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Railroad cars and car equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
American Railcar Industries (ARI): 6.0 TCR = 182% of Railroad cars and car equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
American Railcar Industries (ARI) safety composite
American Railcar Industries (ARI) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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
American Railcar Industries (ARI): 5.1 → 8.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2018
American Railcar Industries (ARI)'s TCR rose 3.5 from 5.1 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336510 · Paragould, AR ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 182% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Ohio Crankshaft Comp…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 102 inj
- SIZE ~589 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ohio Crankshaft Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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American Railcar Industries (ARI) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
American Railcar Industries (ARI)
6 TCR
- Ohio Crankshaf
Ohio Crankshaft Company
6 TCR
- Carlyle
Carlyle
5.9 TCR
- South Point
South Point
5.9 TCR
- Pickering Stre
Pickering Street
5.9 TCR
What this shows American Railcar Industries (ARI) averages 6.0 TCR (182% of the Railroad cars and car equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
American Railcar Industries (ARI) TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=8.6 · BLS 3.3
Where American Railcar Industries (ARI) falls in its industry
208 Railroad cars and car equipmen establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Railroad cars and car equipmen employers in Arkansas.
American Railcar Industries (ARI) has more employees than the Railroad cars and car equipment manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336510 · AR · Paragould
208 Railroad cars and car equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 61 employers in Paragould, 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 | Ohio Crankshaft Company | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carlyle | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | South Point | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pickering Street | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Transco Lines, Inc | 586 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AR002 - AR-West Memphis-Operating Center | 594 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Molex Connectors LLC | 580 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Welspun | 599 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DRiV Automotive | 1,088 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tenneco | 1,082 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DRiV | 1,018 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - Paragould, Arkansas | 717 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hiawatha (Iahia) | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Associated Grain Terminals, LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 0804 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Zinc - Millington | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rai Crew Ind | 589 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oh1-Lpz-Oh1 Corporate Office | 589 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sumter County SC Government | 589 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveland, MS | 589 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.