Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals · Arkansas
Valley Behavioral Health
Fort Smith, AR · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Behavioral Health runs at 367% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 46
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Valley Behavioral Health's OSHA Total Case Rate of 14.0 to the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals BLS benchmark of 3.8 (367% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Valley Behavioral Health's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.8 industry benchmark.
Where Valley Behavioral Health falls in its industry
937 Psychiatric and Substance Abus establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.5.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 23 Psychiatric and Substance Abus employers in Arkansas.
Trend analysis for Valley Behavioral Health
Between 2023 and 2024, Valley Behavioral Health's Total Case Rate worsened from 13.6 to 14.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 5% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 13.6, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 14.3, a spread of 0.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Valley Behavioral Health recorded 46 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 46 injuries shown on this page for Valley Behavioral Health are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 622210 - Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 335,703 hours worked = 4.77 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Behavioral Health (this establishment) | 13.96 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Mental health hospitals industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622210 |
| Arkansas state avg (all industries) | 3.83 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Valley Behavioral Health to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 24 reportable incidents · 24 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 22 reportable incidents · 22 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.6 | 4.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Valley Behavioral Health's reported OSHA injury record versus its Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 367% of the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals benchmark, Valley Behavioral Health reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.