Hot-rolling iron or steel products in iron and steel mills · Arkansas
Big River Steel LLC
Osceola, AR · ~679 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Big River Steel LLC runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hot-rolling iron or steel products in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade A.
Big River Steel LLC: 1.3 TCR = 41% of Hot-rolling iron or steel products in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Big River Steel LLC safety composite
Big River Steel LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 4% 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
−0.6
2017→2024
Big River Steel LLC injury rate improved
Big River Steel LLC's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.8 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.8 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · Osceola, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 41% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #9/14
- PHOTO North Star BlueScope…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~679 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: North Star BlueScope Steel, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Big River Steel LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- North Star Blu
North Star BlueScope Steel, LLC
1.4 TCR
- CHAPARRAL (VIR
CHAPARRAL (VIRGINIA) INC. DBA Gerdau
1.4 TCR
- Ohio Coatings
Ohio Coatings Company
1.4 TCR
- This site
Big River Steel LLC
1.3 TCR
- Nucor Steel Au
Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc
1.3 TCR
What this shows Big River Steel LLC averages 1.3 TCR (41% of the Hot-rolling iron or steel products in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).
Big River Steel LLC TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Big River Steel LLC falls in its industry
416 Hot-rolling iron or steel prod establishmentsSafer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Hot-rolling iron or steel prod employers in Arkansas.
Big River Steel LLC has more employees than the Hot-rolling iron or steel products in ir median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · AR · Osceola
416 Hot-rolling iron or steel products in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 27 employers in Osceola, 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 | North Star BlueScope Steel, LLC | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CHAPARRAL (VIRGINIA) INC. DBA Gerdau | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ohio Coatings Company | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 100 | 677 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FedEx Freight GO AR FXFE-GO | 674 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Danville Plant | 673 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Arkansas Reed Lane Plant | 685 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Greetings Corporation | 977 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Arkansas | 573 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Viskase Companies Osceola Arkansas Plant | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kagome Foods Inc | 162 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Breinholt Contracting Co., Inc | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amerine Systems, Inc. | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ball Beverage Pkg 153 Findlay | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rosewood Machine and Tool Co. | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 679 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RAWSONVILLE | 679 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J.Rodriguez FLC Inc | 679 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Masters Gallery Foods, Inc - Plymouth | 679 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.