Machine shops · Arkansas

Sterling Equipment LLC

Name: Sterling Equipment LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mena, AR · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sterling Equipment LLC runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade A.

Sterling Equipment LLC: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Equipment LLC safety composite

Sterling Equipment LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Sterling Equipment LLC held a steady TCR band

Sterling Equipment LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.2 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.2 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Mena, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/9
PHOTO QP Mfg
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: QP Mfg (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
QP Mfg

1.3
One Source Man

1.3
PFI 251 Dunbar

1.3
Protolabs - Ra

1.3

What this shows Sterling Equipment LLC averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

Sterling Equipment LLC TCR series: 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Equipment LLC falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Machine shops employers in Arkansas.

Sterling Equipment LLC (69 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sterling Equipment LLC has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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	1.4	0.0	1	0	0
2023	1.2	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · AR · Mena

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 19 employers in Mena, AR · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	QP Mfg	CHARDON, OH	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	One Source Manufacturing Headquarters	LEANDER, TX	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PFI 251 Dunbar Ave	OLDSMAR, FL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Protolabs - Rapid 15	NASHUA, NH	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Clarksville Growout	CLARKSVILLE	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OG&E-Ft Smith SC	FORT SMITH	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harness Roofing SD	SPRINGDALE	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valley View Agri, Jonesboro	JONESBORO	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nidec Motor Corporation - Mena	Mena	415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	67	Mena	297 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 67	Mena	296 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mena Hospital Commission	Mena	272 FTE
NAT-TCR	ABB Inc Florence	Florence, SC	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fieldale Farms - Further Processing Plant	Gainesville, GA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Opelika, Al	Opelika, AL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	CV1 Crestview Administration	Crestview, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JP Excavating	St. George, UT	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bearon Manufacturing LLC	Landisville, PA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Canada company,LLC	Portsmouth, VA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Encore Steel Inc.	Phoenix, AZ	69 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.