Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

West Memphis Steel Corporation

West Memphis, AR · ~138 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Memphis Steel Corporation runs at 522% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

West Memphis Steel Corporation: 11.5 TCR = 522% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Memphis Steel Corporation safety composite

West Memphis Steel Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−12.8

2016→2022

West Memphis Steel Corporation injury rate improved

West Memphis Steel Corporation's TCR fell 12.8 from 21.5 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.5 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=13.7 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=8.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · West Memphis, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 522% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #16/18
  • PHOTO Store 2
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 96 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Memphis Steel Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Memphis Steel Corporation averages 11.5 TCR (522% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

West Memphis Steel Corporation TCR series: 2016=21.5 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=13.7 · 2021=6 · 2022=8.7 · BLS 2.2

Where West Memphis Steel Corporation falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 18 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Arkansas.

West Memphis Steel Corporation (138 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Memphis Steel Corporation
West Memphis Steel Corporation (138 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

West Memphis Steel Corporation has more employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 8.7 6.4 15 0 0
2021 6.0 4.8 10 0 0
2020 13.7 10.4 11 10 0
2019 10.2 8.9 16 0 0
2018 8.7 7.4 14 0 0
2016 21.5 19.4 30 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AR · West Memphis

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 63 employers in West Memphis, 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 Store 2 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Steel & Aluminum - South Portland 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunbelt Metal Processing Inc. 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Macksteel Warehouse 11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jacksonville 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMS Wireless 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central States Manufacturing - Corporate 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE 37 - North Little Rock 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR PTL-West Memphis 1,778 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR-West Memphis-Operating Center 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTHLAND PARK GAMING AND RACING 635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 300000170855831 - AR-West Memphis-Operating Center 624 FTE
NAT-TCR 0559 - Indianapolis DC 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR L. E. Sauer Machine Co. 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Elastomer 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Lion on the River and Roadway Inn 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marino Ware - Griffin 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springhill LA 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Old Ithaca Road 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 2577 138 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.