Public warehousing and storage, refrigerated · Arkansas

Ryder / Simmons

Van Buren, AR · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ryder / Simmons runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Public warehousing and storage, refrigerated workplace, earning a grade B.

Ryder / Simmons: 3.9 TCR = 68% of Public warehousing and storage, refrigerated BLS 5.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ryder / Simmons safety composite

Ryder / Simmons scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Ryder / Simmons: 0.0 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.56× in 2021

Ryder / Simmons's TCR rose 6.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Van Buren, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.9 · 68% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #26/35
  • PHOTO Americold Logistics,…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Americold Logistics, LLC: Lula (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ryder / Simmons in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ryder / Simmons averages 3.9 TCR (68% of the Public warehousing and storage, refrigerated BLS benchmark).

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

Ryder / Simmons TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.6 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=6.2 · BLS 5.8

Where Ryder / Simmons falls in its industry

1,039 Public warehousing and storage establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 35 Public warehousing and storage employers in Arkansas.

Ryder / Simmons (36 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ryder / Simmons
Ryder / Simmons (36 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Ryder / Simmons has fewer employees than the Public warehousing and storage, refriger median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2019 7.8 2.6 3 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · AR · Van Buren

1,039 Public warehousing and storage, refrigerated employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 71 employers in Van Buren, 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 Americold Logistics, LLC: Lula 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americold Chesapeake 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando Distribution 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6055 3.9 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 Van Buren Drivers 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren Plant 1,089 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren General Office 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR VBR 751 FTE
NAT-TCR Wood Products, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Whirlpool (WC USX WHR) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR All Seasons Healthcare 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Millstone Weber, LLC. - Total Company 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Axenics, Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horizon Tile & Carpet SE, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Croell Inc. - Cheyenne 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dairy Farm 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 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.