Polystyrene Foam Products Manufacturing · Arkansas

Food Merchandising : MALVERN

Malvern, AR · ~256 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Food Merchandising : MALVERN runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polystyrene Foam Products Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Food Merchandising : MALVERN: 1.4 TCR = 44% of Polystyrene Foam Products Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Food Merchandising : MALVERN safety composite

Food Merchandising : MALVERN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

Food Merchandising : MALVERN held a steady TCR band

Food Merchandising : MALVERN's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.3 in 2020 to 1.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.3 · 2022=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Malvern, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO Lifoam Waxahachie
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~256 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lifoam Waxahachie (0.0 TCR gap)

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Food Merchandising : MALVERN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Food Merchandising : MALVERN averages 1.4 TCR (44% of the Polystyrene Foam Products Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Food Merchandising : MALVERN TCR series: 2020=1.3 · 2022=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Food Merchandising : MALVERN falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene Foam Products Manu establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Polystyrene Foam Products Manu employers in Arkansas.

Food Merchandising : MALVERN (256 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Food Merchandising : MALVERN
Food Merchandising : MALVERN (256 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Food Merchandising : MALVERN has more employees than the Polystyrene Foam Products Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2022 1.6 0.3 5 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · AR · Malvern

260 Polystyrene Foam Products Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 33 employers in Malvern, 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 Lifoam Waxahachie 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Food Packaging : BEECH ISLAND 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foodservice : COVINGTON 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conyers, GA - 25 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 4969 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE McKee Foods Transportation LLC 255 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eudora Location 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rineco Chemical Industries 257 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 127 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 127 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hot Spring Continuous Rolling Plant 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR RCP Hot Spring 188 FTE
NAT-TCR 3784 Family Fare (W Center Rd, Omaha, Ne) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 3330 Econofoods (Northfield, Mn) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Silvermine Elementary 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 341765-Clv-Northwest Sta 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE MD019 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tulsa (formerly Tulsack Inc.) 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manheim Georgia 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2428 Eutaw Folding 256 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: 2022, 2020. 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.