Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · South Carolina

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc.

Name: C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Myrtle Beach, SC · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 134% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. safety composite

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.1

2016→2020

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. injury rate improved

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.1 from 4.9 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Myrtle Beach, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 134% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #20/26
PHOTO SHOWALTER CONSTRUCTION
BOOK 5y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SHOWALTER CONSTRUCTION (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.8
Kirby Cable Se

3.8
This site

3.7
SHOWALTER CONS

3.7
Blucor Contrac

3.7

What this shows C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (134% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 26 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in South Carolina.

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. (63 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	Illnesses
2020	2.8	2.8	2	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	2.9	1.5	2	0
2017	8.2	1.6	4	1
2016	4.9	4.9	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · SC · Myrtle Beach

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 244 employers in Myrtle Beach, SC · 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	SHOWALTER CONSTRUCTION	CHARLOTTE, NC	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Blucor Contracting Inc	MESA, AZ	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mustang Contracting Corp	POMPTON LAKES, NJ	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kirby Cable Service, Inc.	PECATONICA, IL	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Florence Complex	FLORENCE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenville Resource Center - PNG	GREENVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Summerville CPW	SUMMERVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paragon Sitework Constructors	SUMMERVILLE	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HCA - Grand Strand Medical Center	Myrtle Beach	1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grand Strand Health	Myrtle Beach	1,257 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Founders National Golf, LLC	Myrtle Beach	829 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ocean Lakes Service Corp.	Myrtle Beach	440 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ohio Metals	Wooster, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tri-State Enterprises Inc.	Fort Smith, AR	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	TS	Virden, IL	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	156 Yountville Gallery	Yountville, CA	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Aztec Plumbing, Inc	Ft. Myers, FL	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Golden Corral 751	Billings, MT	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thrift Books Global, LLC (Phoenix, AZ)	Phoenix, AZ	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	36 Monterey	Monterey, CA	63 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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