Employer · Arkansas

U of Ark ARKU

Fayetteville, AR · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

U of Ark ARKU runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

U of Ark ARKU: 4.6 TCR = 152% of industry BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

U of Ark ARKU safety composite

U of Ark ARKU scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−5.6

2018→2024

U of Ark ARKU injury rate improved

U of Ark ARKU's TCR fell 5.6 from 5.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.6 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=19.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Fayetteville, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 152% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #55/80
  • PHOTO MSU - Garst
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MSU - Garst (0.0 TCR gap)

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U of Ark ARKU in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows U of Ark ARKU averages 4.6 TCR (152% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

U of Ark ARKU TCR series: 2018=5.6 · 2019=7 · 2020=19.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.0

Where U of Ark ARKU falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 80 industry employers in Arkansas.

U of Ark ARKU (31 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate U of Ark ARKU
U of Ark ARKU (31 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

U of Ark ARKU has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 19.4 19.4 3 0 0
2019 7.0 3.5 2 0 0
2018 5.6 5.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · AR · Fayetteville

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 161 employers in Fayetteville, 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 MSU - Garst 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT AH UT ATHENS HOSPITAL ES 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SBU SUBWAY 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR M6259 Smyth County* 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE RiceTec Arkansas Station 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Star City Hatchery 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bieker Electric, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Systems Plant Services, Inc.-BRS Osceola, AR 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR-Fayetteville 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Washington Regional Med Center 2,380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Washington Regional Medical System 1,989 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fayetteville Complex 786 FTE
NAT-TCR MSU - Garst 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pt-Seton Med Aust 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0904 - Grand Rapids 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1017 - Chester 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Boeing RTN 4-21 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toccoa Falls Coll 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA Inst of Arts 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE MS Cafe Redwest 31 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. 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.