Metals service centers · Arkansas

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith, AR · ~71 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas runs at 276% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas: 6.1 TCR = 276% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas safety composite

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas held a steady TCR band

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.9 in 2021 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.9 · 2022=11.0 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 276% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #10/18
  • PHOTO Target Steel GB
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Target Steel GB (0.0 TCR gap)

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Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas averages 6.1 TCR (276% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas TCR series: 2021=2.9 · 2022=11 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Metals service centers employers in Arkansas.

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas (71 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas
Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas (71 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2023 7.8 6.5 6 0 0
2022 11.0 11.0 8 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AR · Fort Smith

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, 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 Target Steel GB 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson Lancaster 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jemison Metals - Sumter 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DS Pipe and Steel 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adams Land Company 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Arkansas Construction 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Staley Electric 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Controls Systems, Inc 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Master Steel, LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Oklahoma City 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Paragon Tempered Glass 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Summit Brewing Company 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raydeo Enterprises, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consolidated Glass 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leppinks Dorr 71 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.