Handles (e.g., broom, mop, handtool), wood, manufacturing · Arkansas

V&B Manufacturing Co

Walnut Ridge, AR · ~34 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

V&B Manufacturing Co runs at 337% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Handles (e.g., broom, mop, handtool), wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

V&B Manufacturing Co: 11.1 TCR = 337% of Handles (e.g., broom, mop, handtool), wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

V&B Manufacturing Co safety composite

V&B Manufacturing Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−21.2

2016→2023

V&B Manufacturing Co injury rate improved

V&B Manufacturing Co's TCR fell 21.2 from 21.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.2 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=13.1 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=12.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Walnut Ridge, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 337% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Factory location
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Factory location (0.0 TCR gap)

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V&B Manufacturing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows V&B Manufacturing Co averages 11.1 TCR (337% of the Handles (e.g., broom, mop, handtool), wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

V&B Manufacturing Co TCR series: 2016=21.2 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=13.1 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=12.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where V&B Manufacturing Co falls in its industry

405 Handles (e.g., broom, mop, han establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Handles (e.g., broom, mop, han employers in Arkansas.

V&B Manufacturing Co (34 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate V&B Manufacturing Co
V&B Manufacturing Co (34 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

V&B Manufacturing Co has fewer employees than the Handles (e.g., broom, mop, handtool), wo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 12.3 9.2 4 0 0
2021 10.4 5.2 4 0 0
2020 14.7 9.8 5 1 0
2019 13.1 10.4 5 0 0
2018 11.7 8.8 4 0 0
2017 5.6 0.0 2 0 0
2016 21.2 15.2 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · AR · Walnut Ridge

405 Handles (e.g., broom, mop, handtool), wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 14 employers in Walnut Ridge, 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 Factory location 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carris Reels Bonham 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlanta Palnt 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carris Reels CA 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ritter Production Farms, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE SILOAM HATCHERY 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE McClendon, Mann & Felton Gin Co., Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE York Pecan Co 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 57 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR 57 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custom-Pak Arkansas 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hays #8 64 FTE
NAT-TCR United Helpers Care, Inc. dba Mosaic - Flackville Road IRA 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry County REMC 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Reflections Memory Care - Washington 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pipers Express Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lincoln, NE 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Theisen's of Black River Falls 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bearden Plastering Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tec 60 34 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.