Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Arkansas

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas

Conway, AR · ~19 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas safety composite

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.0

2018→2024

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas injury rate improved

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas's TCR fell 8.0 from 8.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.0 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Conway, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P81
  • PHOTO Electro-Spec Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electro-Spec Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas TCR series: 2018=8 · 2019=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas (19 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas
Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas (19 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Valley Plating Works, Inc. Arkansas has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2018 8.0 8.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · AR · Conway

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 124 employers in Conway, AR · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Electro-Spec Inc 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest United Industries, Inc 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tech Fibers, Inc. (Electro Fiber Technologies) 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grand River Polishing 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harry Saul Minnow Farm, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE WinCott Gin Co. Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magnet Cove Generating Station 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Hope 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conway Regional Health System 1,682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nabholz Construction Corporation 1,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virco Manufacturing Corporation - Conway 501 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5 382 FTE
NAT-TCR Viking SupplyNet & Fabrication Services - Carol Stream 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR HVAMA03 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AVSP/Adm 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Philadelphia Pipe Bending Company 1.7 TCR

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.