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
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 96
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares West Memphis Steel Corporation's OSHA Total Case Rate of 11.5 to the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark of 2.2 (522% of benchmark) across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
West Memphis Steel Corporation's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where West Memphis Steel Corporation falls in its industry
1,475 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 22 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Arkansas.
Trend analysis for West Memphis Steel Corporation
Between 2016 and 2022, West Memphis Steel Corporation's Total Case Rate improved from 21.5 to 8.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 59% decrease across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 6.0, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 21.5, a spread of 15.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, West Memphis Steel Corporation recorded 96 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 96 injuries, 10 illnesses shown on this page for West Memphis Steel Corporation are sourced from its own 6 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 423510 - Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
11 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 343,856 hours worked = 6.40 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| West Memphis Steel Corporation (this establishment) | 11.48 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Metals service centers industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 423510 |
| Arkansas state avg (all industries) | 3.83 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by West Memphis Steel Corporation to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 15 reportable incidents · 15 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 21 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 10 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 14 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 30 reportable incidents · 30 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on West Memphis Steel Corporation's reported OSHA injury record versus its Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 522% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers benchmark, West Memphis Steel Corporation reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.