Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Arkansas

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site

Name: Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Fort Smith, AR · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade D.

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site: 6.1 TCR = 186% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site safety composite

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−18.4

2017→2019

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site injury rate improved

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site's TCR fell 18.4 from 18.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 186% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P13
PHOTO RTP COMPANY-HENDERSON
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RTP COMPANY-HENDERSON (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Arkansas employers → · Look up another →

SikaAxson US

6.2
This site

6.1
RTP COMPANY-HE

6.1
Leominster

6.1
Ft. Lauderdale

6

What this shows Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site averages 6.1 TCR (186% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site TCR series: 2017=18.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site (26 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Mesa Industries, Inc. - Arkansas site has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	18.4	4.6	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · AR · Fort Smith

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins 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	RTP COMPANY-HENDERSON	HENDERSON, KY	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Leominster	LEOMINSTER, MA	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SikaAxson US	MADISON HEIGHTS, MI	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ft. Lauderdale	FT. LAUDERDALE, FL	6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Green Forest Hatchery	GREEN FOREST	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clarksville Hatchery #1	CLARKSVILLE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RHM Gin & Warehouse	MARKED TREE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hope Growout	HOPE	26 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	5032 - LA Pasadena	Irwindale, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	LQ0458 Farmington	Farmington, NM	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Manor at St. Luke Village	Hazleton, PA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	1900 S 10th	San Jose, CA	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Berry Plastics Bilter	Aurora, IL	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	New Visions Center	Alexandria, MN	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	5901 Colony Drive	Bethlehem, PA	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alleghany Highlands Rivermont School	Lynchburg, VA	26 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.