Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

The Paper Tigers Inc.

Pine Bluff, AR · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Paper Tigers Inc. runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

The Paper Tigers Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 235% of Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Paper Tigers Inc. safety composite

The Paper Tigers Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

The Paper Tigers Inc.: 5.1 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.66× in 2024

The Paper Tigers Inc.'s TCR rose 3.4 from 5.1 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Pine Bluff, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 235% of ind

  • DART 8.6 DART
  • RANK #4/11
  • PHOTO Azcon Metals - Sterl…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Azcon Metals - Sterling Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Paper Tigers Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Paper Tigers Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (235% of the Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The Paper Tigers Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=14.5 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 2.2

Where The Paper Tigers Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesa employers in Arkansas.

The Paper Tigers Inc. (33 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate The Paper Tigers Inc.
The Paper Tigers Inc. (33 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

The Paper Tigers Inc. has fewer employees than the Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 8.6 8.6 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 14.5 7.2 4 0 0
2019 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2016 5.1 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AR · Pine Bluff

1,126 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 78 employers in Pine Bluff, 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 Azcon Metals - Sterling Yard 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Miller Compressing 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Metal Recycling Phillips St Cloud 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legend 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE ITC Hatchery 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fiber Resource Division 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy, Lake Catherine Plant 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pine Bluff Jeff Pkwy Plant 1,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evergreen Packaging - Pine Bluff 1,024 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saracen Casino Resort 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3331 505 FTE
NAT-TCR Domestic Violence 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Delano 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Martin Luther King Jr. La 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE James Dowling Construction 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE BMW Shuttle 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Tractor - Rochelle 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windjammer Investment Associates, LLC 33 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, 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.