Machine Shops · Arkansas

Kopco, Inc

Name: Kopco, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fort Smith, AR · ~98 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kopco, Inc runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine Shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Kopco, Inc: 4.0 TCR = 120% of Machine Shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kopco, Inc safety composite

Kopco, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kopco, Inc: 1.3 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2023

Kopco, Inc's TCR rose 3.5 from 1.3 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 120% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #6/9
PHOTO Regent Die & Tool Co…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Regent Die & Tool Co, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kopco, Inc averages 4.0 TCR (120% of the Machine Shops BLS benchmark).

Kopco, Inc TCR series: 2019=1.3 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Kopco, Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine Shops establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Machine Shops employers in Arkansas.

Kopco, Inc (98 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kopco, Inc has more employees than the Machine Shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	4.8	4.0	5	1
2022	5.7	1.9	6	0
2019	1.3	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · AR · Fort Smith

1,821 Machine Shops 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Regent Die & Tool Co, Inc	MILWAUKEE, WI	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Riverside Machine & Automation, Inc.	GENOA, OH	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Precise Fabrication	BEATRICE, NE	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Benchmark	TEMPE, AZ	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AR207 Hope Particleboard	HOPE	98 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BEN	ROGERS	98 FTE
STATE-SIZE	8445 ROGERS	ROGERS	98 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unit # 2879	ROGERS	98 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH	Fort Smith	1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith	Fort Smith	1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street	Fort Smith	985 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith	Fort Smith	970 FTE
NAT-TCR	Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh	Oshkosh, WI	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Garden City Sanitation	Santa Clara, CA	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gateway Products Recycling	Cleveland, OH	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #1373	Saint Louis, MO	4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fastener Technology, Corp	North Hollywood, CA	98 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kimpton Monaco Chicago_Fisk & Co.	Chicago, IL	98 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Western Enterprises Avonlake	Avonlake, OH	98 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DATCO Mfg. LLC	Boardman, OH	98 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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