Couriers and Express Delivery Services · Arkansas
Arfos - Ft. Smith
Ft. Smith, AR · ~149 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Arfos - Ft. Smith runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Couriers and Express Delivery Services workplace, earning a grade C.
Arfos - Ft. Smith: 5.7 TCR = 88% of Couriers and Express Delivery Services BLS 6.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Arfos - Ft. Smith safety composite
Arfos - Ft. Smith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 1.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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
Arfos - Ft. Smith: 3.2 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2023
Arfos - Ft. Smith's TCR rose 0.8 from 3.2 in 2019 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 492110 · Ft. Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.7 · 88% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #31/70
- PHOTO WIDOD - DODGEVILLE
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~149 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: WIDOD - DODGEVILLE (0.0 TCR gap)
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Arfos - Ft. Smith in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Arfos - Ft. Smith
5.7 TCR
- WIDOD - DODGEV
WIDOD - DODGEVILLE
5.7 TCR
- Medical Courie
Medical Couriers, Inc.
5.7 TCR
- Valleywide Log
Valleywide Logistics
5.7 TCR
- HIGHLAND HEIGH
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS HUB (OHHHT)
5.7 TCR
What this shows Arfos - Ft. Smith averages 5.7 TCR (88% of the Couriers and Express Delivery Services BLS benchmark).
Arfos - Ft. Smith TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4 · BLS 6.5
Where Arfos - Ft. Smith falls in its industry
6,679 Couriers and Express Delivery establishmentsSafer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 70 Couriers and Express Delivery employers in Arkansas.
Arfos - Ft. Smith has more employees than the Couriers and Express Delivery Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
492110 · AR · Ft. Smith
6,679 Couriers and Express Delivery Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 12 employers in Ft. 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 | WIDOD - DODGEVILLE | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Medical Couriers, Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valleywide Logistics | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HIGHLAND HEIGHTS HUB (OHHHT) | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PotlatchDeltic | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 5837 | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Frez-N-Stor, Inc. | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SRCNC, Inc. dba The Crossing at Riverside Health and Rehabilitation | 149 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ARK | 391 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ft. Smith Metal | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FT. SMITH (ARFOS) | 117 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FT. SMITH AR | 108 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hickory Point Christian Village | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Williams Furnace Company | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Main Office | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greenville ENC | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Techno Coatings, Inc. - North Miami | 149 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vancouver-NE 136th #049 | 149 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Everett #104 | 149 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fluid Connectors : Lakeview | 149 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.