Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing · Arkansas

BASF - West Memphis (AR)

West Memphis, AR · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF - West Memphis (AR) runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

BASF - West Memphis (AR): 2.0 TCR = 60% of Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF - West Memphis (AR) safety composite

BASF - West Memphis (AR) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

BASF - West Memphis (AR): 1.1 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

BASF - West Memphis (AR)'s TCR rose 1.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · West Memphis, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Bioenergy Developmen…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bioenergy Development Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF - West Memphis (AR) in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows BASF - West Memphis (AR) averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BASF - West Memphis (AR) TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where BASF - West Memphis (AR) falls in its industry

552 Organo-inorganic compound manu establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Organo-inorganic compound manu employers in Arkansas.

BASF - West Memphis (AR) (57 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF - West Memphis (AR)
BASF - West Memphis (AR) (57 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

BASF - West Memphis (AR) has fewer employees than the Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 2.4 0.0 0 1 0
2017 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · AR · West Memphis

552 Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 63 employers in West Memphis, 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 Bioenergy Development Group 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vertellus Zeeland LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Compass Chemical International LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wiley Companies Coshocton 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwest Farms (CV) 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union Power Station 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Services NWA 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mechanical Service Company- North Little Rock 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR PTL-West Memphis 1,778 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR-West Memphis-Operating Center 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHLAND PARK GAMING AND RACING 635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 300000170855831 - AR-West Memphis-Operating Center 624 FTE
NAT-TCR Amcoer Allentown 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Caraustar Mill 2 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Lake 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1004-39 GoJet Den In-Flight 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Austin - 204 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE George W Bush Presidential Center and Cafe 43 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE D'Annunzio & Sons Inc. 57 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: 2018, 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.