Acoustical engineering consulting services · South Carolina
Defense Engineering Services
Ladson, SC · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Defense Engineering Services runs at 758% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Acoustical engineering consulting services workplace, earning a grade F.
Defense Engineering Services: 3.8 TCR = 758% of Acoustical engineering consulting services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Defense Engineering Services safety composite
Defense Engineering Services scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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)
- F 3.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Defense Engineering Services: 3.4 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Defense Engineering Services's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.4 in 2023 to 4.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541330 · Ladson, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 758% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/8
- PHOTO Belmont, NH
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Belmont, NH (0.0 TCR gap)
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Defense Engineering Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Defense Engineering Services
3.8 TCR
- Belmont, NH
Belmont, NH
3.8 TCR
- Schilling Para
Schilling Paradise, Inc
3.8 TCR
- Bay Tek Entert
Bay Tek Entertainment
3.8 TCR
- B77
B77
3.7 TCR
What this shows Defense Engineering Services averages 3.8 TCR (758% of the Acoustical engineering consulting services BLS benchmark).
Defense Engineering Services TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 0.5
Where Defense Engineering Services falls in its industry
690 Acoustical engineering consult establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Acoustical engineering consult employers in South Carolina.
Defense Engineering Services has fewer employees than the Acoustical engineering consulting servic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541330 · SC · Ladson
690 Acoustical engineering consulting services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ladson, 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 | Belmont, NH | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schilling Paradise, Inc | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bay Tek Entertainment | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B77 | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CREW QTRS SAVAGE ROAD | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | METER LAB | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Florence Transmission Headquarters | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mt. Pleasant Business Office | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercedes-Benz Vans | 1,722 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercedez-Benz Vans LLC | 1,709 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Holset Palmetto Plant | 800 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cummins Turbo Technologies | 633 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trend Technologies, LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Universal Steel Inc | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sunny Grove Landscaping & Nursery Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UHM/CTAHR/ADAP-PADO | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Faith Engineering, Inc. | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HEXPOL Akron | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | W & E Electric | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wentzville, MO | 28 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.