General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Arkansas
Fts- Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fts- Fort Smith runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade B.
Fts- Fort Smith: 2.6 TCR = 58% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fts- Fort Smith safety composite
Fts- Fort Smith scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Fts- Fort Smith held a steady TCR band
Fts- Fort Smith's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.6 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484122 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #15/46
- PHOTO UST
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: UST (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fts- Fort Smith in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Fts- Fort Smith
2.6 TCR
- UST
UST
2.6 TCR
- CAN-ODFL
CAN-ODFL
2.6 TCR
- American Lineh
American Linehaul-EWR
2.6 TCR
- foster
foster
2.6 TCR
What this shows Fts- Fort Smith averages 2.6 TCR (58% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).
Fts- Fort Smith TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Fts- Fort Smith falls in its industry
3,020 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 46 General freight trucking, long employers in Arkansas.
Fts- Fort Smith has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484122 · AR · Fort Smith
3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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 | UST | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CAN-ODFL | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Linehaul-EWR | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | foster | 2.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Thompson Construction Group Inc Nucor JMS | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alliance Utilities Inc | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Systems Plant Services, Inc.-BLY02 Hickman AR | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Evergreen Industrial Services - El Dorado | 38 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 | Quality Bakery | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gotta Groove Records Cleveland | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Camarero Race Track, Corp. | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Equipment | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sparling Construction Company | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hood Container Jacksonville | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midwest Renewable Energy | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hoffman Building Technologies, Inc - Charlotte | 38 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.