Metals service centers · Arkansas

Friedman Hickman

Blytheville, AR · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Friedman Hickman runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade A.

Friedman Hickman: 0.9 TCR = 40% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Friedman Hickman safety composite

Friedman Hickman scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2022→2024

Friedman Hickman injury rate improved

Friedman Hickman's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Blytheville, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/18
  • PHOTO Asherton
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Asherton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Friedman Hickman in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Friedman Hickman averages 0.9 TCR (40% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Friedman Hickman TCR series: 2022=2.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Friedman Hickman falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #1 safest of 18 Metals service centers employers in Arkansas.

Friedman Hickman (30 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Friedman Hickman
Friedman Hickman (30 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Friedman Hickman 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AR · Blytheville

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 59 employers in Blytheville, 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 Asherton 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ken-Mac Metal - Cleveland 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pearland PVF 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VSMPO-Tirus, US 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Entergy Harrison 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jonesboro Warehouse AK8N 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coakley Company, Inc. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - El Dorado Chemical-El Dorado 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Yamato Steel 993 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor-Yamato Steel Co, Inc. 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel Arkansas 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION 503 FTE
NAT-TCR WLM Limon Wind Plant 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jaco Oil Company 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Specialty Contractors- St. Louis Roofing 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fayette Janitorial LLC- Perdue Lewiston 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coffee Cotton Gin Co., Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 6 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Urban Tree Farm Nursery, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 628E 30 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. 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.