Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing · Arkansas

Ft. Smith Metal

Ft. Smith, AR · ~172 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ft. Smith Metal runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ft. Smith Metal: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ft. Smith Metal safety composite

Ft. Smith Metal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.4

2016→2023

Ft. Smith Metal injury rate improved

Ft. Smith Metal's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.6 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=7.6 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337215 · Ft. Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P61
  • PHOTO Fixture Concepts, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fixture Concepts, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ft. Smith Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ft. Smith Metal averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ft. Smith Metal TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=7.6 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Ft. Smith Metal falls in its industry

231 Showcase, Partition, Shelving, establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ft. Smith Metal (172 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ft. Smith Metal
Ft. Smith Metal (172 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Ft. Smith Metal has more employees than the Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locke median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023 3.1 1.9 5 0 0
2022 3.3 0.0 3 3 0
2021 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.9 0.7 2 1 0
2019 5.4 3.4 11 0 0
2017 7.6 4.2 20 0 0
2016 6.6 3.6 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337215 · AR · Ft. Smith

231 Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 12 employers in Ft. 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 Fixture Concepts, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advance Storage Products (Cedartown) 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turner Exhibits, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black River Display 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1470 - Fayetteville 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 8266 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 373 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hostess Brands LLC- Arkadelphia 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARK 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARFOS - FT. SMITH 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR FT. SMITH (ARFOS) 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR FT. SMITH AR 108 FTE
NAT-TCR Comstock Community Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Monitor 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stanger Investments, Inc. dba Stephen Wade Auto Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rolex LIC 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan Society Kissimmee Village 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse : TEMPLE RMC 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 09 172 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.