Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Border States Electric - Ladson

Ladson, SC · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Border States Electric - Ladson runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Border States Electric - Ladson: 1.3 TCR = 60% of Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Border States Electric - Ladson safety composite

Border States Electric - Ladson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−4.0

2020→2022

Border States Electric - Ladson injury rate improved

Border States Electric - Ladson's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Ladson, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/18
  • PHOTO Schaedler Yesco Dist…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schaedler Yesco Distribution - Lower Burrell (0.0 TCR gap)

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Border States Electric - Ladson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Border States Electric - Ladson averages 1.3 TCR (60% of the Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Border States Electric - Ladson TCR series: 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Border States Electric - Ladson falls in its industry

1,190 Construction materials, electr establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 18 Construction materials, electr employers in South Carolina.

Border States Electric - Ladson (20 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 Border States Electric - Ladson
Border States Electric - Ladson (20 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Border States Electric - Ladson has fewer employees than the Construction materials, electrical, merc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · SC · Ladson

1,190 Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ladson, 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 Schaedler Yesco Distribution - Lower Burrell 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NKK Switches of America 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Douglasville Winlectric 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US - Branch Network : 0154 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Log Creek Timber Company Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dorchestor 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dorchester Biomass LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIELD SERVICES TECH BUILDING 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercedes-Benz Vans 1,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercedez-Benz Vans LLC 1,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holset Palmetto Plant 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Turbo Technologies 633 FTE
NAT-TCR PEARL, MS (Jackson) 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Your Building Centers Inc. State College, PA 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Main 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Whse 509 - 75th Ave 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Twin Falls Eastland Edible Bean 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE WLM-ODFL 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Retail East - Palmer 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE CoreDesign, Inc. 20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.