Soft drink Distributor · Arkansas

Platinum Distributing Inc.

Fort Smith, AR · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Platinum Distributing Inc. runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Soft drink Distributor workplace, earning a grade D.

Platinum Distributing Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 154% of Soft drink Distributor BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Platinum Distributing Inc. safety composite

Platinum Distributing Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.9

2018→2024

Platinum Distributing Inc. injury rate improved

Platinum Distributing Inc.'s TCR fell 11.9 from 11.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.9 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 154% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/17
  • PHOTO Peninsula Bottling C…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Peninsula Bottling Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Platinum Distributing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Platinum Distributing Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (154% of the Soft drink Distributor BLS benchmark).

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

Platinum Distributing Inc. TCR series: 2018=11.9 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Platinum Distributing Inc. falls in its industry

1,278 Soft drink Distributor establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 17 Soft drink Distributor employers in Arkansas.

Platinum Distributing Inc. (36 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Platinum Distributing Inc.
Platinum Distributing Inc. (36 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Platinum Distributing Inc. has fewer employees than the Soft drink Distributor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2019 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 11.9 11.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · AR · Fort Smith

1,278 Soft drink Distributor 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Peninsula Bottling Company Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR C462 Bryson City 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Bean and Produce 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&B Beverage-Muskogee 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Jonesboro, AR 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Live Turkey - Springdale AR Ag Hatchery 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lee Wilson & Company LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Marc Glassman Inc 55MW 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aspire of Illinois 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 3044 Cash Wise Dickinson 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 4347 - CQ East State Pa 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE D56 Tulsa 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 55603 Georgia Southern 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hurricane Ut 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dodge City Ks 36 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.