Hot-rolling purchased steel · Arkansas
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC
Newport, AR · ~269 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hot-rolling purchased steel workplace, earning a grade C.
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Hot-rolling purchased steel BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC safety composite
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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
−2.7
2016→2024
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC injury rate improved
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC's TCR fell 2.7 from 5.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331221 · Newport, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Niagara LaSalle - So…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 62 inj
- SIZE ~269 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Niagara LaSalle - South Holland Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC
3 TCR
- Niagara LaSall
Niagara LaSalle - South Holland Plant
3 TCR
- Worthington St
Worthington Steel Delta
3 TCR
- Worthington St
Worthington Steel Columbus
3 TCR
- Blair Strip St
Blair Strip Steel Company
3 TCR
What this shows Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Hot-rolling purchased steel BLS benchmark).
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC falls in its industry
206 Hot-rolling purchased steel establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Hot-rolling purchased steel employers in Arkansas.
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC has more employees than the Hot-rolling purchased steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331221 · AR · Newport
206 Hot-rolling purchased steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 23 employers in Newport, 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 | Niagara LaSalle - South Holland Plant | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Worthington Steel Delta | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Worthington Steel Columbus | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Blair Strip Steel Company | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Butterball LLC | 269 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hormel Foods Operations , LLC. (planters) | 269 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 348 | 269 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VCC Construction | 270 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shearer's Foods - Newport | 412 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shearer's Foods - NPT | 334 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Unity Health Harris Medical Center | 212 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 18 | 209 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Advantech Industries Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The K Company, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Innovant Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rand Graphics, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Critical Electric Systems Group | 269 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plainfield Site | 269 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shore Tankering Service | 269 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norcross Nor | 269 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.