Brick Manufacturer · Arkansas

Wheeler Tunnel Plant

Jonesboro, AR · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wheeler Tunnel Plant runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Brick Manufacturer workplace, earning a grade F.

Wheeler Tunnel Plant: 7.8 TCR = 235% of Brick Manufacturer BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheeler Tunnel Plant safety composite

Wheeler Tunnel Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−0.8

2017→2019

Wheeler Tunnel Plant injury rate improved

Wheeler Tunnel Plant's TCR fell 0.8 from 9.8 in 2017 to 8.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Jonesboro, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 235% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Pine Hall Brick Co Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pine Hall Brick Co Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wheeler Tunnel Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wheeler Tunnel Plant averages 7.8 TCR (235% of the Brick Manufacturer BLS benchmark).

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

Wheeler Tunnel Plant TCR series: 2017=9.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Wheeler Tunnel Plant falls in its industry

307 Brick Manufacturer establishments

Safer than 15% 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 #4 safest of 5 Brick Manufacturer employers in Arkansas.

Wheeler Tunnel Plant (40 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wheeler Tunnel Plant
Wheeler Tunnel Plant (40 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Wheeler Tunnel Plant has fewer employees than the Brick Manufacturer 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
2019 8.9 4.5 2 2 0
2018 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2017 9.8 9.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · AR · Jonesboro

307 Brick Manufacturer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 169 employers in Jonesboro, 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 Pine Hall Brick Co Inc 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Krosaki Magnesita Refractories 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elgin Butler Company 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Redfield plant 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lee Wilson & Company Gin 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Bay Packaging Fiber Resource Division 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Catherine Family of Plants 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buffington Homes of Arkansas, LLC 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Bernards Medical Center 3,466 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Bernards Hospital 1,975 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hytrol Conveyor Company - Jonesboro 1,366 FTE
CITY-NEAR NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital 1,244 FTE
NAT-TCR All-South Subcontractors Spanish Fort 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambria Care Center 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Centerra Co-op, Middlefield 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 1078 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Turner at UOP a Honeywell Company Shreveport LA 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sweetwater Healthcare Center 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Mackenzie District 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Service Center 40 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.