Grain merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

Cox & Luter, Inc.

Knobel, AR · ~19 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cox & Luter, Inc. runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Cox & Luter, Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 255% of Grain merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cox & Luter, Inc. safety composite

Cox & Luter, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.4

2016→2022

Cox & Luter, Inc. injury rate improved

Cox & Luter, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.4 from 5.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=10.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Knobel, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 255% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO Maplehurst Farms--Ma…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maplehurst Farms--Main Farm (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cox & Luter, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cox & Luter, Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (255% of the Grain merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Cox & Luter, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=10.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Cox & Luter, Inc. falls in its industry

399 Grain merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

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 11 Grain merchant wholesalers employers in Arkansas.

Cox & Luter, Inc. (19 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cox & Luter, Inc.
Cox & Luter, Inc. (19 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Cox & Luter, Inc. has fewer employees than the Grain merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2020 6.5 6.5 1 0 0
2017 10.3 10.3 2 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · AR · Knobel

399 Grain merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Maplehurst Farms--Main Farm 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gordon 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEYER BROS LLC 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prentice Elevator 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harry Saul Minnow Farm, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE WinCott Gin Co. Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magnet Cove Generating Station 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Hope 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Surgecenter of Louisville 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Boersma Bros. LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TrafFix Devices, Inc. San Clemente 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fitzpatrick & Weller Inc 5.6 TCR

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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016. 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.