Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

MidSouth Food

North Little Rock, AR · ~277 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MidSouth Food runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

MidSouth Food: 3.8 TCR = 172% of Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MidSouth Food safety composite

MidSouth Food scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

MidSouth Food: 2.6 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.57× in 2018

MidSouth Food's TCR rose 3.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · North Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 172% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO Vistar Kentucky - 1098
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~277 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vistar Kentucky - 1098 (0.0 TCR gap)

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MidSouth Food in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MidSouth Food averages 3.8 TCR (172% of the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

MidSouth Food TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=6.2 · BLS 2.2

Where MidSouth Food falls in its industry

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merch establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Groceries, general-line, merch employers in Arkansas.

MidSouth Food (277 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate MidSouth Food
MidSouth Food (277 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

MidSouth Food has more employees than the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2018 6.2 5.9 26 0 0
2017 2.6 1.9 8 0 0
2016 2.6 2.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · AR · North Little Rock

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 149 employers in North Little Rock, 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 Vistar Kentucky - 1098 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Renzi Foodservice 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Custom Distribution 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ideal Foods Supply 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Procter & Gamble Walmart Global Customer Team 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE 83 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wabash Harrison 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Plant - El Dorado 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR Little Rock 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maverick North Little Rock, AR 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR EngageMED 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock 1,002 FTE
NAT-TCR Philadelphia International Airport 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR W.C. Transport 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vernon #205 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wichita Branch 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Helpers Nursing Home, Inc. dba RiverLedge Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kammer/Mitchell 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rayovac - Fennimore 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pentair Flow Technologies 277 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.