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
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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).

C

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

TCR

What this shows Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Hot-rolling purchased steel BLS benchmark).

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

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 establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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 (269 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC
Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC (269 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9

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 →

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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.