Fixtures, store display, manufacturing · Arkansas

L.A. Darling Company

Paragould, AR · ~246 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L.A. Darling Company runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fixtures, store display, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

L.A. Darling Company: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Fixtures, store display, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L.A. Darling Company safety composite

L.A. Darling Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−1.8

2018→2021

L.A. Darling Company injury rate improved

L.A. Darling Company's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.9 in 2018 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.9 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337215 · Paragould, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK P74
  • PHOTO Paramount Plastics, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~246 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paramount Plastics, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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L.A. Darling Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L.A. Darling Company averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Fixtures, store display, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

L.A. Darling Company TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where L.A. Darling Company falls in its industry

231 Fixtures, store display, manuf establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
L.A. Darling Company (246 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 L.A. Darling Company
L.A. Darling Company (246 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1

L.A. Darling Company has more employees than the Fixtures, store display, manufacturing 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
2021 2.1 1.0 4 0 0
2018 3.9 1.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337215 · AR · Paragould

231 Fixtures, store display, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 61 employers in Paragould, 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 Paramount Plastics, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adrian Steel Company 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR R & R Millwork, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apple Rock GSO 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Coast Baking NWA, LLC 246 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC 246 FTE
STATE-SIZE NDX GREEN LABORATORIES 246 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-State Enterprises Inc. 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR DRiV Automotive 1,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR DRiV 1,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - Paragould, Arkansas 717 FTE
NAT-TCR Eastern Lift Truck Co.,Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR US535: Unistrut - Union City 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1910 LAKEWOOD, CA 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oklahoma City Renaissance 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sign-Zone, LLC (MN Headquarters) 246 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland 246 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastside 246 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delaware Residential Community Homes 246 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: 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.