Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors · North Carolina

Buchanan Construction, LLC

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Asheville, NC · ~41 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Buchanan Construction, LLC runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Buchanan Construction, LLC: 1.0 TCR = 26% of Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buchanan Construction, LLC safety composite

Buchanan Construction, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Buchanan Construction, LLC: 0.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.19× in 2023

Buchanan Construction, LLC's TCR rose 2.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 2.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236115 · Asheville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 26% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #9/20
PHOTO Construction
BOOK 5y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Buchanan Construction, LLC averages 1.0 TCR (26% of the Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

Buchanan Construction, LLC TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.8

Where Buchanan Construction, LLC falls in its industry

976 Condominium, single-family, co establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 20 Condominium, single-family, co employers in North Carolina.

Buchanan Construction, LLC (41 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Buchanan Construction, LLC has fewer employees than the Condominium, single-family, construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	2.1	2.1	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	2.8	0.0	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236115 · NC · Asheville

976 Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 290 employers in Asheville, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Construction	PHOENIX, AZ	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lexington Homes - DRH, LLC (Spokane)	SPOKANE VALLEY, WA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DEN1-DWH-DENVER	DENVER, CO	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Huntsville	HUNTSVILLE, TX	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jeff Barnes LLC	LUCAMA	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sandhill Turf	EAGLE SPRINGS	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lewiston NC Operation	WILLIAMSTON	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hendersonville Operations Center	HENDERSONVILLE	41 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mission Hospital; MH Hospital Manager, LLC	Asheville	8,097 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Biltmore Workforce Management	Asheville	1,894 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mission Medical Associates	Asheville	1,336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Care Partners	Asheville	1,018 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pfister Maintenance	Paterson, NJ	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	547 - Shreveport	Bossier City, LA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Computech Manufacturing	Washington, MO	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	K. L. Durham Construction dba Performance Equipment	San Antonio, TX	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Us Autoforce Des Moines	Des Moines, IA	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Freeman Signs	Denver, CO	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	POET Biorefining - Hanlontown LLC	Hanlontown, IA	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Yellowstone Traditions, Inc	Bozeman, MT	41 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.