Employer · Arkansas

Sparks Regional Medical Center

Fort Smith, AR · ~96 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sparks Regional Medical Center runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

Sparks Regional Medical Center: 2.5 TCR = 55% of industry BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sparks Regional Medical Center safety composite

Sparks Regional Medical Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.8

2016→2020

Sparks Regional Medical Center injury rate improved

Sparks Regional Medical Center's TCR fell 3.8 from 5.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Fort Smith, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #37/69
  • PHOTO ES-DELL CHILDRN AUS
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ES-DELL CHILDRN AUS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sparks Regional Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sparks Regional Medical Center averages 2.5 TCR (55% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Sparks Regional Medical Center TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Sparks Regional Medical Center falls in its industry

4,064 industry establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 69 industry employers in Arkansas.

Sparks Regional Medical Center (96 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 Sparks Regional Medical Center
Sparks Regional Medical Center (96 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sparks Regional Medical Center has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2020 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.7 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.4 0.0 2 0 0
2016 5.0 0.0 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · AR · Fort Smith

4,064 industry 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 ES-DELL CHILDRN AUS 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Beach Gardens Med Ctr 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BMS CAT of FLORIDA. LLC- ORL 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FBG Service Corporation Colorado Springs 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation Jonesboro 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klein Tools Fort Smith 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shippers Products 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hackney Ladish INC 96 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 Main Office 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses 376 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ASC/W 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FBT:FT010 - FT010-Fiber Tech - Richmond, V 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE ASI Houston 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elk Grove Village, Il 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mt Juliet Billy Goat Tavern TN, LLC (One Lifestyle, Ltd.) 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bayside Health and Rehabilitation Center 96 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.