Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing · Arkansas

NIBCO Blytheville

Name: NIBCO Blytheville Workplace Safety Data
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Blytheville, AR · ~233 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

NIBCO Blytheville runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

NIBCO Blytheville: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NIBCO Blytheville safety composite

NIBCO Blytheville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 4.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 2% 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

NIBCO Blytheville: 4.5 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2023

NIBCO Blytheville's TCR rose 0.7 from 4.5 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Blytheville, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK P75
PHOTO Ward Manufacturing, …
BOOK 8y book
INJ 69 inj
SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ward Manufacturing, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Manufactu

4.1
McWane Ductile

4.1
Mueller

4.1

What this shows NIBCO Blytheville averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

NIBCO Blytheville TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=6 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where NIBCO Blytheville falls in its industry

272 Cast iron pipe and pipe fittin establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

NIBCO Blytheville (233 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

NIBCO Blytheville has more employees than the Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2023	5.2	2.2	12	0	1
2022	5.3	2.2	12	0	0
2021	2.9	1.9	6	0	0
2020	3.0	1.0	6	0	0
2019	2.3	1.4	5	0	0
2018	3.6	0.5	7	1	0
2017	6.0	1.7	12	2	0
2016	4.5	1.8	9	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · AR · Blytheville

272 Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 59 employers in Blytheville, 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	Ward Manufacturing, LLC	BLOSSBURG, PA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McWane Ductile - OH	COSHOCTON, OH	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dualtech, Inc.	FRANKLIN, IN	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mueller	CHATTANOOGA, TN	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Little Rock Campus (Headquarters)	LITTLE ROCK	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anthony Timberlands - Bearden	BEARDEN	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	INDUSTRIAL IRON WORKS, INC., dba ADAMS FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT	DEWITT	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6051	BENTONVILLE	233 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nucor Yamato Steel	Blytheville	993 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nucor-Yamato Steel Co, Inc.	Blytheville	987 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nucor Steel Arkansas	Blytheville	845 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION	Blytheville	503 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pella Regional Health Center	Pella, IA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clark's Quality Roofing	Murray, UT	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cft Ellsworth Afb, Sd	Ellsworth Afb, SD	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bria of Geneva	Geneva, IL	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Alabama Specialty Products, Inc.	Munford, AL	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Balance Systems Inc	Sioux Falls, SD	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Martinsburg Wv Book - Baker Rd	Martinsburg, WV	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fellowship Manor	Whitehall, PA	233 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.