Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing · Arkansas
Saint Jean Industries
Heber Springs, AR · ~422 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Saint Jean Industries runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Saint Jean Industries: 7.7 TCR = 142% of Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saint Jean Industries safety composite
Saint Jean Industries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 15% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
6/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−2.4
2017→2024
Saint Jean Industries injury rate improved
Saint Jean Industries's TCR fell 2.4 from 10.1 in 2017 to 7.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=10.1 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336330 · Heber Springs, AR ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 142% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Global Steering Syst…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 213 inj
- SIZE ~422 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Global Steering Systems (0.0 TCR gap)
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Saint Jean Industries in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Saint Jean Industries
7.7 TCR
- Global Steerin
Global Steering Systems
7.7 TCR
- ICON
ICON
7.3 TCR
- Cush Corp
Cush Corp
7.1 TCR
- Mid West Fabri
Mid West Fabricating - Amanda
6.8 TCR
What this shows Saint Jean Industries averages 7.7 TCR (142% of the Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saint Jean Industries TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 5.4
Where Saint Jean Industries falls in its industry
134 Automotive, truck and bus susp establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Automotive, truck and bus susp employers in Arkansas.
Saint Jean Industries has more employees than the Automotive, truck and bus suspension ass median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.1 | 4.7 | 41 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 31 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336330 · AR · Heber Springs
134 Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Heber Springs, 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 | Global Steering Systems | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ICON | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cush Corp | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mid West Fabricating - Amanda | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 7 | 422 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 58 | 422 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 157 | 422 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northwest Medical Center- Bentonville | 422 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NDX Green | 272 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NDX GREEN LABORATORIES | 246 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Defiance Metal Products: Heber Springs, AR | 202 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mayville Engineering Company Heber Springs, AR | 197 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Watercrest at Mansfield | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ward Trucking LLC-Erie | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keystone Quality Transport Company - Springfield Base | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brown's Feeds | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Builder's Bloc Contracting Services, LLC | 422 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakeland | 422 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. | 422 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Anaheim | 422 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.