Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Arkansas

TLG-Ft. Smith

Van Buren, AR · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TLG-Ft. Smith runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade C.

TLG-Ft. Smith: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TLG-Ft. Smith safety composite

TLG-Ft. Smith scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−1.6

2022→2024

TLG-Ft. Smith injury rate improved

TLG-Ft. Smith's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.5 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Van Buren, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Kia of Wesley Chapel
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kia of Wesley Chapel (0.0 TCR gap)

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TLG-Ft. Smith in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TLG-Ft. Smith averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

TLG-Ft. Smith TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.4

Where TLG-Ft. Smith falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Arkansas.

TLG-Ft. Smith (57 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate TLG-Ft. Smith
TLG-Ft. Smith (57 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

TLG-Ft. Smith has fewer employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2023 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · AR · Van Buren

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 71 employers in Van Buren, 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 Kia of Wesley Chapel 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nissan of Clearwater 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nissan of Downtown LA 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mac Haik Ford LTD 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwest Farms (CV) 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union Power Station 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Services NWA 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mechanical Service Company- North Little Rock 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren Drivers 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren Plant 1,089 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren General Office 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR VBR 751 FTE
NAT-TCR Aps-Alamance Physician Care 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodland Elementary School 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kia of Wesley Chapel 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan of Clearwater 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kuner Feedlot 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering SE 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Clifton 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conveyco Mfg Corp 57 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. 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.