Highway construction · South Carolina
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc.
Little River, SC · ~179 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Highway construction workplace, earning a grade C.
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 106% of Highway construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. safety composite
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−4.0
2017→2024
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. injury rate improved
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.0 from 5.8 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Little River, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 106% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #23/38
- PHOTO Northern Improvement…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~179 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northern Improvement Fargo (0.0 TCR gap)
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A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc.
3 TCR
- Northern Impro
Northern Improvement Fargo
3 TCR
- AL Blades Cons
AL Blades Construction
3 TCR
- Southern Road
Southern Road & Bridge, LLC
3 TCR
- Alpha Milling
Alpha Milling
3 TCR
What this shows A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (106% of the Highway construction BLS benchmark).
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 2.8
Where A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Highway construction establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 38 Highway construction employers in South Carolina.
A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. has more employees than the Highway construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · SC · Little River
4,078 Highway construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 19 employers in Little River, SC · 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 | Northern Improvement Fargo | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AL Blades Construction | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern Road & Bridge, LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alpha Milling | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cleland Constructors, Inc. | 179 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JPS Composite Materials | 179 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AVX Corp. - Myrtle Beach | 179 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DPX Labs, LLC | 179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MCLEOD-SEACOAST MEDICAL CTR | 1,036 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McLeod Health Seacoast | 779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tidelands Health Rehabilitation Hospital at Little River | 214 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lowes Foods #223 | 115 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Uptons Inc DBA School Foodies | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marion High School | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baldwin Park | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Paramount Plastics, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Artesia Christian Home, Inc. | 179 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SFO-D | 179 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westminster St Augustine | 179 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gable | 179 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.