General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South

Name: Ben E Keith Foods Mid South Workplace Safety Data
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North Little Rock, AR · ~358 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South: 4.1 TCR = 188% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South safety composite

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South held a steady TCR band

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.3 in 2019 to 4.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.3 · 2020=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · North Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 188% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #8/13
PHOTO Vistar Kansas City -…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 37 inj
SIZE ~358 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vistar Kansas City - 1094 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ben E Keith Foods Mid South averages 4.1 TCR (188% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South TCR series: 2019=4.3 · 2020=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Ben E Keith Foods Mid South falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 13 General-line groceries merchan employers in Arkansas.

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South (358 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Ben E Keith Foods Mid South has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2020	4.0	3.0	19	0	0
2019	4.3	3.3	18	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · AR · North Little Rock

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 149 employers in North Little Rock, AR · 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	Vistar Kansas City - 1094	RIVERSIDE, MO	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CS Wholesale Grocers : Westfield, MA (FDC)	WESTFIELD, MA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vistar Mid-Atlantic - 1030	SWEDESBORO, NJ	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dot Foods, Inc.- Delaware	BEAR, DE	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Atkins, P-31877	ATKINS	359 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Navy Road, P-19719	FORT SMITH	357 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 388	FORT SMITH	359 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 70	WEST MEMPHIS	360 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AR Little Rock	North Little Rock	4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Maverick North Little Rock, AR	North Little Rock	1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EngageMED	North Little Rock	1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock	North Little Rock	1,002 FTE
NAT-TCR	CST Organic Recycling	Redlands, CA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ash Resources, Inc	Schuylkill Haven, PA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Washington Nursing Center	Washington, IN	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chicago Marriott Suites Downers Grove	Downers Grove, IL	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Nasco Holdings Inc.	Fort Atkinson, WI	358 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Newnan, Herring 24	Newnan, GA	358 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mosaic Bartow	Bartow, FL	358 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 0452 Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	358 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: 2020, 2019. 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.