General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · South Carolina
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal
Georgetown, SC · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal: 1.6 TCR = 35% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal safety composite
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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
−0.5
2022→2024
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal injury rate improved
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.8 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.8 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Georgetown, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 35% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #16/71
- PHOTO AV Transportation Inc.
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AV Transportation Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal
1.6 TCR
- AV Transportat
AV Transportation Inc.
1.6 TCR
- Robstown South
Robstown South
1.6 TCR
- Pittston, PA -
Pittston, PA - Enterprise Way
1.6 TCR
- ATT Memphis De
ATT Memphis Depot
1.6 TCR
What this shows Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal averages 1.6 TCR (35% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal TCR series: 2022=1.8 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 78% 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 #16 safest of 71 General freight trucking, long employers in South Carolina.
Ard's Trucking Company, Inc - Georgetown Terminal has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, 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 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · SC · Georgetown
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 53 employers in Georgetown, 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 | AV Transportation Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Robstown South | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pittston, PA - Enterprise Way | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ATT Memphis Depot | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BEAUFORT DISTRICT OFFICE | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Palmetto Sitework Services, LLC | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HUNTER SPECIALTIES, INC. | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carolina Pole, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Georgetown County | 765 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | International Paper - Georgetown Mill | 702 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 625 | 311 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 625 | 285 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Plote Construction Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Force Environmental, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Independent School District 2897 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lester & Rosalie Anixter Center | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | EasyPak | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brighton | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Findlay Vinyl | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Applied Medical Technology | 48 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.