Mixing purchased fertilizer materials · Arkansas
Frit Industries
Walnut Ridge, AR · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 2
- Fatalities
The verdict
Frit Industries runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mixing purchased fertilizer materials workplace, earning a grade F.
Frit Industries: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Mixing purchased fertilizer materials BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Frit Industries safety composite
Frit Industries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 2
Safer than 0% 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
−9.1
2016→2024
Frit Industries injury rate improved
Frit Industries's TCR fell 9.1 from 12.2 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=12.2 · 2017=6.0 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=11.9 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325314 · Walnut Ridge, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO United Cooperative- …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: United Cooperative- Reedsburg (0.0 TCR gap)
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Frit Industries in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Silver Creek M
Silver Creek Materials, Inc.
7.5 TCR
- The Valley Fer
The Valley Fertilizer & Chemical Co., Inc.
7.5 TCR
- Tarheel Bark
Tarheel Bark
7.4 TCR
- This site
Frit Industries
7.3 TCR
- United Coopera
United Cooperative- Reedsburg
7.3 TCR
What this shows Frit Industries averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Mixing purchased fertilizer materials BLS benchmark).
Frit Industries TCR series: 2016=12.2 · 2017=6 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=11.9 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Frit Industries falls in its industry
163 Mixing purchased fertilizer ma establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Mixing purchased fertilizer ma employers in Arkansas.
Frit Industries has fewer employees than the Mixing purchased fertilizer materials median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 12.2 | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325314 · AR · Walnut Ridge
163 Mixing purchased fertilizer materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 14 employers in Walnut Ridge, 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 | United Cooperative- Reedsburg | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tarheel Bark | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Silver Creek Materials, Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Valley Fertilizer & Chemical Co., Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Peco Foods Inc.-Hatchery | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | black oak gin co llc | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Benton | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pine Bluff Office | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 57 | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 57 | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Custom-Pak Arkansas | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hays #8 | 64 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Good's Furniture House Inc. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Calf Source, LLC | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nelson Electric LLC | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1112 LKQ Atlanta | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | University Rd. | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wastequip Lakeland | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Craft, Inc. | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rimer Enterprises Inc. | 32 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.