Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

South-Hiland Dairy

Little Rock, AR · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South-Hiland Dairy runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

South-Hiland Dairy: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South-Hiland Dairy safety composite

South-Hiland Dairy scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−4.5

2016→2024

South-Hiland Dairy injury rate improved

South-Hiland Dairy's TCR fell 4.5 from 6.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK P79
  • PHOTO Milk Distribution
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milk Distribution (0.0 TCR gap)

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South-Hiland Dairy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South-Hiland Dairy averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

South-Hiland Dairy TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=2 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where South-Hiland Dairy falls in its industry

231 Milk, fluid (except canned), m establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
South-Hiland Dairy (42 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South-Hiland Dairy
South-Hiland Dairy (42 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

South-Hiland Dairy has fewer employees than the Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wh median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2024 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2023 4.4 4.4 3 0 0
2022 3.7 1.8 2 0 0
2021 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2016 6.0 6.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · AR · Little Rock

231 Milk, fluid (except canned), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 446 employers in 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 Milk Distribution 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seacrest Foods International Inc 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bowling Green Branch 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Truvant Boscobel North 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CIMCO INC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers - Br 5 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jonesboro Rice Mill 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Douthit Tie & Lumber 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arkansas Children's Hospital 3,946 FTE
CITY-NEAR LITCX0UPS LIT - UPS 3,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - LIT1 2,510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock 2,500 FTE
NAT-TCR Bon Breads Baking Company Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairview Mills Anderson 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sms 1340/1380 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Manufacturing Main Location 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burton Blvd 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlas Manufacturing, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 001/Mount Vernon Nazarene University 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydro Resources - Mid-Continent, Ing., Garden City 42 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.