Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing · Arkansas

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith

Fort Smith, AR · ~186 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith: 1.7 TCR = 50% of Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith safety composite

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−0.7

2016→2019

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith injury rate improved

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P58
  • PHOTO XALT Energy-Midland
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~186 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: XALT Energy-Midland (0.0 TCR gap)

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Exide Technologies-Fort Smith in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Exide Technologies-Fort Smith averages 1.7 TCR (50% of the Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Exide Technologies-Fort Smith falls in its industry

161 Lead acid storage batteries ma establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Exide Technologies-Fort Smith (186 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Exide Technologies-Fort Smith
Exide Technologies-Fort Smith (186 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Exide Technologies-Fort Smith has more employees than the Lead acid storage batteries manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2019 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.5 1.3 4 0 0
2017 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.1 0.0 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · AR · Fort Smith

161 Lead acid storage batteries manufacturing 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 XALT Energy-Midland 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Joseph DAP 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solid Energy Systems LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concentric Power 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AR190 Gurdon Lumber 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anthony Timberlands - Malvern 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE PotlatchDeltic-Waldo Mill 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARTEX - TEXARKANA 186 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 Norwich Pharmaceuticals an Alvogen Company 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Genesis Transporation Co., Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 35 - Erie (Falconer, Bradford) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Koorsen Fire & Security Akron 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wallace Hardware Co Inc 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE JMF Co inc 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Coast Sales and Service, Inc. 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schwarze 186 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: 2019, 2018, 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.