Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · South Carolina
CL Benton & Sons, Inc.
Myrtle Beach, SC · ~79 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
CL Benton & Sons, Inc. runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
CL Benton & Sons, Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
CL Benton & Sons, Inc. safety composite
CL Benton & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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%).
CL Benton & Sons, Inc. held a steady TCR band
CL Benton & Sons, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.2 in 2022 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.2 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Myrtle Beach, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #9/26
- PHOTO Siteworks LLC Office
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~79 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Siteworks LLC Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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CL Benton & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
CL Benton & Sons, Inc.
1.1 TCR
- Siteworks LLC
Siteworks LLC Office
1.1 TCR
- Lone Mountain
Lone Mountain Excavation and Utilities, LLC
1.1 TCR
- O.L. Thompson
O.L. Thompson Construction
1.1 TCR
- Meredith Envir
Meredith Environmental, Inc.
1.1 TCR
What this shows CL Benton & Sons, Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).
CL Benton & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1 · BLS 2.8
Where CL Benton & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 26 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in South Carolina.
CL Benton & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin median and a lower 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Siteworks LLC Office | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lone Mountain Excavation and Utilities, LLC | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | O.L. Thompson Construction | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meredith Environmental, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | True Timber Outdoors Holding | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Siroflex, a company of Bostik, Inc. | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wikoff Color Corp. - Fort Mill - Plant | 79 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Glendinning Products LLC | 79 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HCA - Grand Strand Medical Center | 1,584 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Grand Strand Health | 1,257 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Founders National Golf, LLC | 829 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ocean Lakes Service Corp. | 440 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Silco Fire & Security - Cincinnati | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Riggs Companies | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dot Foods, Inc. Dyersburg, TN | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cholla Power Plant | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Doumak Inc. - Estes | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paris | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Zefon International | 79 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Petro Long Island - Plainview | 79 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.