Metals service centers · Arkansas

Central Tube and Bar, Inc

Conway, AR · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Tube and Bar, Inc runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Tube and Bar, Inc: 2.9 TCR = 132% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Tube and Bar, Inc safety composite

Central Tube and Bar, Inc 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 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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%).

Central Tube and Bar, Inc held a steady TCR band

Central Tube and Bar, Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.0 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Conway, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/18
  • PHOTO Viking Materials Fra…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Viking Materials Franklin Park (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Tube and Bar, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Tube and Bar, Inc averages 2.9 TCR (132% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Central Tube and Bar, Inc TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Central Tube and Bar, Inc falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #7 safest of 18 Metals service centers employers in Arkansas.

Central Tube and Bar, Inc (34 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Central Tube and Bar, Inc
Central Tube and Bar, Inc (34 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Central Tube and Bar, Inc has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AR · Conway

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 124 employers in Conway, 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 Viking Materials Franklin Park 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Livingston Pipe & Tube, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CTI Fabrication 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earle M. Jorgensen Company 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ritter Production Farms, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE SILOAM HATCHERY 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE McClendon, Mann & Felton Gin Co., Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE York Pecan Co 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conway Regional Health System 1,682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nabholz Construction Corporation 1,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virco Manufacturing Corporation - Conway 501 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5 382 FTE
NAT-TCR Scgrv - Greenville 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nypam - Black River 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresno Ca Distribution Center 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR F-Wave, LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fred Salvucci Corporation 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emporia Service Center 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACM Chemistries 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hodgman Drainage Company, Inc. 34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.