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
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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.

Valley Behavioral Health: 14.0 TCR = 367% of Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Behavioral Health safety composite

Valley Behavioral Health scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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)
F 13.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Valley Behavioral Health: 13.6 → 14.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Valley Behavioral Health's TCR rose 0.7 from 13.6 in 2023 to 14.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622210 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 367% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #19/22
  • PHOTO WellBridge Healthcar…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WellBridge Healthcare Greater Dallas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Behavioral Health in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Behavioral Health averages 14.0 TCR (367% of the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Behavioral Health TCR series: 2023=13.6 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Valley Behavioral Health falls in its industry

872 Psychiatric and Substance Abus establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 22 Psychiatric and Substance Abus employers in Arkansas.

Valley Behavioral Health (158 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Behavioral Health
Valley Behavioral Health (158 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Valley Behavioral Health has fewer employees than the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospital median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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 14.3 4.8 24 0 0
2023 13.6 4.3 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622210 · AR · Fort Smith

872 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, 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 WellBridge Healthcare Greater Dallas 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crossbridge Behavior Health 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miramont Behavioral Health 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unity Psychiatric Care Columbia 14.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Muldrow Further Processing 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leola Lumber Mill 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matthews International 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR Green House Homes 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ilbel - Belleville 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ilnor - Northbrook 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Homes 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE L&R Structural Corp. Inc. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Articularis Healthcare Group 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABIMAR FOODS South 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Design Within Reach 158 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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