Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Mississippi

Ark-Ell Springs

Name: Ark-Ell Springs Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houlka, MS · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ark-Ell Springs runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ark-Ell Springs: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ark-Ell Springs safety composite

Ark-Ell Springs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Ark-Ell Springs: 1.5 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2017

Ark-Ell Springs's TCR rose 3.1 from 1.5 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Houlka, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

DART 4.6 DART
RANK P70
PHOTO Elyria Spring
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elyria Spring (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.1
Elyria Spring

3.1
Cimarron Machi

3.1
FOX Factory -

3.1
Hickory Spring

3.1

What this shows Ark-Ell Springs averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ark-Ell Springs TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ark-Ell Springs falls in its industry

189 Automobile suspension springs, establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ark-Ell Springs (66 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Ark-Ell Springs has fewer employees than the Automobile suspension springs, heavy gau 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
2017	4.6	4.6	3	0	0
2016	1.5	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · MS · Houlka

189 Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Elyria Spring	CLEVELAND, OH	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cimarron Machine Services, Inc.	TULSA, OK	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FOX Factory - Watsonville	WATSONVILLE, CA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hickory Spring Plant	HICKORY, NC	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	twin county epa	HOLLANDALE	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Byram	BYRAM	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northeast Branch	GUNTOWN	66 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MDA Construction	HATTIESBURG	66 FTE
NAT-TCR	Giant 759	Springfield, VA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Concast Birmingham Inc	Birmingham, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mid South Baking Company TX	Bryan, TX	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	General Stamping & Metalworks - Tomah	Tomah, WI	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Emco Wheaton Retail Corp.	Wilson, NC	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Fredericktown Inc	Fredericktown, MO	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Walnut Creek	Raleigh, NC	66 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VC047 - VCI - Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	66 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.