General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Truckload · South Carolina
Dedicated Cowpens
Cowpens, SC · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dedicated Cowpens runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Truckload workplace, earning a grade B.
Dedicated Cowpens: 3.5 TCR = 78% of General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Truckload BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dedicated Cowpens safety composite
Dedicated Cowpens scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Dedicated Cowpens: 1.7 → 2.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024
Dedicated Cowpens's TCR rose 1.3 from 1.7 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Cowpens, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 78% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #47/71
- PHOTO HENIFF TRANSPORTATIO…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - GREER, SC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dedicated Cowpens in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dedicated Cowpens
3.5 TCR
- HENIFF TRANSPO
HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - GREER, SC
3.5 TCR
- Brown Trucking
Brown Trucking Company Ooltewah, TN
3.5 TCR
- Deluxe Auto Ca
Deluxe Auto Carriers CA
3.5 TCR
- Maverick DeWit
Maverick DeWitt, IA
3.5 TCR
What this shows Dedicated Cowpens averages 3.5 TCR (78% of the General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Truckload BLS benchmark).
Dedicated Cowpens TCR series: 2022=1.7 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Dedicated Cowpens falls in its industry
3,252 General Freight Trucking Long establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 71 General Freight Trucking Long employers in South Carolina.
Dedicated Cowpens has more employees than the General Freight Trucking Long-Distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · SC · Cowpens
3,252 General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 18 employers in Cowpens, 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 | HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - GREER, SC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brown Trucking Company Ooltewah, TN | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Deluxe Auto Carriers CA | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maverick DeWitt, IA | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Black River Electric Cooperative | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Caraustar Industries, Inc. | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blue Diamond Industries Clinton | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spartanburg Thermoforming - CN3 | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DC11 DC11 COWPENS SC | 1,195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4186-DC11 | 478 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cowpens - 600 Webber Road | 447 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mermet | 170 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Las Vegas 10501 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | T.L. Edwards, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heritage Villa Nursing Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nmair - Albuquerque Air Operation | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Compere's Nursing Home | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Empire Contractors, Inc. | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Akron 10402 | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Farmers International, Inc | 73 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.