Starches (except laundry) manufacturing · Arkansas

Van Buren Plant

Van Buren, AR · ~1,089 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
7
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Buren Plant runs at 343% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Starches (except laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Van Buren Plant: 11.3 TCR = 343% of Starches (except laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Buren Plant safety composite

Van Buren Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 7

Safer than 1% 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

−3.9

2016→2024

Van Buren Plant injury rate improved

Van Buren Plant's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 39.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=39.2 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=31.9 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311221 · Van Buren, AR ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 343% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO PureField Ingredient…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 79 inj
  • SIZE ~1,089 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PureField Ingredients, Food Ingredients (2.4 TCR gap)

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Van Buren Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Buren Plant averages 11.3 TCR (343% of the Starches (except laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Van Buren Plant TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=39.2 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=31.9 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Van Buren Plant falls in its industry

53 Starches (except laundry) manu establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Van Buren Plant (1,089 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Buren Plant
Van Buren Plant (1,089 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Van Buren Plant has more employees than the Starches (except laundry) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.4 5.6 3 0 0
2022 31.9 30.7 10 296 0
2021 11.4 10.2 19 111 0
2020 39.2 38.1 5 382 7
2019 1.9 1.6 14 5 0
2018 2.6 2.1 17 8 0
2017 2.5 1.2 10 17 0
2016 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311221 · AR · Van Buren

53 Starches (except laundry) manufacturing 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR PureField Ingredients, Food Ingredients 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemstar Products Company 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manildra Milling Corporation 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakota Blenders 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE DRiV Automotive 1,088 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arkansas Nuclear One 1,087 FTE
STATE-SIZE JONESBORO PLANT 1,083 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tenneco 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren Drivers 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren General Office 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR VBR 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR VBC 671 FTE
NAT-TCR Shelter Systems Truss Plant 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DDE8 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Saco Public Works Department 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jeffco Fibres Woodstock 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE BHG Norman Center MN 1,089 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruiz Foods Product Inc. 1,089 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical City McKinney 1,089 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Department of Health 1,090 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, 2017, 2016. 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.