Grain measures, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing · Arkansas
Highland Pellets
Pine Bluff, AR · ~84 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highland Pellets runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain measures, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Highland Pellets: 6.1 TCR = 184% of Grain measures, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highland Pellets safety composite
Highland Pellets scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Highland Pellets: 5.0 → 7.2 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2018
Highland Pellets's TCR rose 2.2 from 5.0 in 2017 to 7.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321999 · Pine Bluff, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 184% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #5/7
- PHOTO Woodlink
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Woodlink (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highland Pellets in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Gutchess Hardw
Gutchess Hardwoods Incorporated
6.2 TCR
- This site
Highland Pellets
6.1 TCR
- Woodlink
Woodlink
6.1 TCR
- Wallingford
Wallingford
6.1 TCR
- AWPI-Princeton
AWPI-Princeton
6.1 TCR
What this shows Highland Pellets averages 6.1 TCR (184% of the Grain measures, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Highland Pellets TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=7.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Highland Pellets falls in its industry
405 Grain measures, wood, turned a establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Grain measures, wood, turned a employers in Arkansas.
Highland Pellets has more employees than the Grain measures, wood, turned and shaped, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321999 · AR · Pine Bluff
405 Grain measures, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 78 employers in Pine Bluff, 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 | Woodlink | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wallingford | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AWPI-Princeton | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gutchess Hardwoods Incorporated | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Westrock Coffee Company - Little Rock Corp. | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MJB El Dorado | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Arkansas Poly Inc. | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Claridge Products and Equipment, Inc. | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pine Bluff Jeff Pkwy Plant | 1,709 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Evergreen Packaging - Pine Bluff | 1,024 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saracen Casino Resort | 655 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3331 | 505 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | American Restoration & Maintenance Corp. Performance Industrial | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GCCOM - Commerce GA | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0467 - Bangor, Me | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Birmingham (Altru) | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Nichols Center | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prostar, Inc | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Florida Corporate Office | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairless Works | 84 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.