Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating · Arkansas

Gum Springs

Arkadelphia, AR · ~123 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gum Springs runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating workplace, earning a grade C.

Gum Springs: 2.4 TCR = 93% of Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gum Springs safety composite

Gum Springs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−2.2

2020→2024

Gum Springs injury rate improved

Gum Springs's TCR fell 2.2 from 4.1 in 2020 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.1 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562211 · Arkadelphia, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 93% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Greenville
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenville (0.1 TCR gap)

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Gum Springs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gum Springs averages 2.4 TCR (93% of the Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating BLS benchmark).

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

Gum Springs TCR series: 2020=4.1 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Gum Springs falls in its industry

211 Incinerators, hazardous waste, establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Incinerators, hazardous waste, employers in Arkansas.

Gum Springs (123 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gum Springs
Gum Springs (123 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Gum Springs has more employees than the Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 1.8 1.1 5 0 0
2023 3.1 1.3 5 0 0
2022 2.2 1.5 3 0 0
2021 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.1 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562211 · AR · Arkadelphia

211 Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 30 employers in Arkadelphia, 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 Greenville 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TES- Newington Facilitiy 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaron Corporation 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle Environmental Solutions - Fernley,NV 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kerusso Activewear 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Perla Brick Plants 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sloan Valve-Augusta 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nucor Insulated Panel Group - Sheridan AR 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR 318 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 318 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danfoss, LLC 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hostess Brands LLC- Arkadelphia 173 FTE
NAT-TCR Jo-Kell 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jost Tire Service, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc - Carson 1 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-State Supply De Pere 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bastian Custom Automation 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ross Contracting, Inc. 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fernlea Nurseries- JUP 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines 123 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, 2021, 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.