MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufacturing · Arkansas

Malvern Mdf

Malvern, AR · ~141 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Malvern Mdf runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Malvern Mdf: 0.8 TCR = 26% of MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Malvern Mdf safety composite

Malvern Mdf scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Malvern Mdf: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.56× in 2021

Malvern Mdf's TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321219 · Malvern, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 26% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Corrigan OSB, L.L.C.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corrigan OSB, L.L.C. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Malvern Mdf in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Malvern Mdf averages 0.8 TCR (26% of the MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Malvern Mdf TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.7 · 2021=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Malvern Mdf falls in its industry

125 MDF (medium density fiberboard establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 MDF (medium density fiberboard employers in Arkansas.

Malvern Mdf (141 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Malvern Mdf
Malvern Mdf (141 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Malvern Mdf has more employees than the MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 2.0 1.3 3 0 0
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2018 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321219 · AR · Malvern

125 MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 33 employers in Malvern, 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 Corrigan OSB, L.L.C. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana-Pacific Hanceville 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana-Pacific Carthage 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dodson 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canfor Southern Pine 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taber Extrusions, LLC 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1766 LOWE S OF JACKSONVILLE AR 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stracener Brothers Construction Corporation 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 127 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 127 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Food Merchandising : MALVERN 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hot Spring Continuous Rolling Plant 208 FTE
NAT-TCR Nitto Avecia Cincinnati 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Health & Social Services (44) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Coral Marine Services, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Omaha Steaks JGB/O St 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate IT 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE 338101-Newark Insp Svc 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cumberland Dairy - Bridgeton, NJ 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverside Health and Rehab 141 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.