Arborist services · South Carolina

Charleston, SC

N Charleston, SC · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charleston, SC runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade F.

Charleston, SC: 12.1 TCR = 268% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charleston, SC safety composite

Charleston, SC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−4.0

2018→2024

Charleston, SC injury rate improved

Charleston, SC's TCR fell 4.0 from 18.2 in 2018 to 14.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 25.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=18.2 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=25.9 · 2024=14.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · N Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 268% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #32/32
  • PHOTO Vermont-Western Dist…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vermont-Western District Maintenance (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charleston, SC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charleston, SC averages 12.1 TCR (268% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Charleston, SC TCR series: 2018=18.2 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=25.9 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Charleston, SC falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 32 Arborist services employers in South Carolina.

Charleston, SC (22 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC (22 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Charleston, SC has fewer employees than the Arborist services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 14.3 4.8 3 0 0
2023 25.9 21.6 3 3 0
2022 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2020 8.6 4.3 1 1 0
2019 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 18.2 13.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · SC · N Charleston

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 21 employers in N Charleston, 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 Vermont-Western District Maintenance 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Seasons Landscaping Co., Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Mara Landscaping & Lawn Care Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCI Services, LLC 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ISE Newberry Liquid Plant 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerville SC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville Business Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unit # 0739 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unit #0739 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston, SC HVAC 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR 44551D - CHARLESTON PEC 72 FTE
NAT-TCR Kuechle Underground Inc 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hancock Lumber Company-Mainely Trusses 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brawley 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Millers Senior Living 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Curtis Electrical Construction 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire Station 2 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Alternatives, Inc - Cbac 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Alternatives, Inc - Family Visitation 22 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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