General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Arkansas

Van Buren Drivers

Name: Van Buren Drivers Workplace Safety Data
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Van Buren, AR · ~1,245 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Van Buren Drivers runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Van Buren Drivers: 3.7 TCR = 82% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Buren Drivers safety composite

Van Buren Drivers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Van Buren Drivers held a steady TCR band

Van Buren Drivers's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.6 in 2022 to 3.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.6 · 2023=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Van Buren, AR AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 82% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #60/73
PHOTO TMC Transportation -…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 126 inj
SIZE ~1,245 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TMC Transportation - Joplin (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Van Buren Drivers averages 3.7 TCR (82% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Van Buren Drivers TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Van Buren Drivers falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 73 General freight trucking, long employers in Arkansas.

Van Buren Drivers (1,245 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Van Buren Drivers has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2023	3.8	2.7	56	0	0
2022	3.6	3.4	70	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · AR · Van Buren

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TMC Transportation - Joplin	JOPLIN, MO	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	W.L.A., Inc.	MOUNT AIRY, NC	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	300000170856288 - NJ-Keasbey-Bulk Operating Center	KEASBEY, NJ	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Legacy Express, LLC	FOND DU LAC, WI	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital	JONESBORO	1,244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Berry Street Plant	SPRINGDALE	1,224 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nabholz Construction Corporation	CONWAY	1,267 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Maverick Transportation, LLC - North Little Rock, AR	N LITTLE ROCK	1,268 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Van Buren Plant	Van Buren	1,089 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Van Buren General Office	Van Buren	850 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VBR	Van Buren	751 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VBC	Van Buren	671 FTE
NAT-TCR	Whitetail, LLC	Columbus, NE	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Bowie	Bowie, TX	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CMC Supply, Inc	Roanoke, VA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	RK-038-Decatur ( RK-038 )	Decatur, IN	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Des Plaines Campus	Des Plaines, IL	1,245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Skokie Campus	Skokie, IL	1,245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eversource - Berlin	Berlin, CT	1,244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nysyr - Syracuse	E. Syracuse, NY	1,246 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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