Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · South Carolina

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC)

Cowpens, SC · ~84 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) runs at 317% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade F.

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC): 14.3 TCR = 317% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) safety composite

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.4

2016→2021

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) injury rate improved

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC)'s TCR fell 5.4 from 15.2 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.2 · 2017=13.7 · 2018=16.3 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=15.6 · 2021=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Cowpens, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 317% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #70/71
  • PHOTO RUSH TRUCKING VAN BORN
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 93 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RUSH TRUCKING VAN BORN (0.1 TCR gap)

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Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) averages 14.3 TCR (317% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) TCR series: 2016=15.2 · 2017=13.7 · 2018=16.3 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=15.6 · 2021=9.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 71 Motor freight carrier, general employers in South Carolina.

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) (84 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC)
Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) (84 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Dollar Tree (WC USX DSC) has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis 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
2021 9.8 7.3 8 0 0
2020 15.6 15.6 18 0 0
2019 15.2 14.3 18 0 0
2018 16.3 16.3 18 0 0
2017 13.7 12.3 20 0 0
2016 15.2 13.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · SC · Cowpens

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) 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 RUSH TRUCKING VAN BORN 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryder Location 9921 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAS ATL 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HTL Drivers Northport 14.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE McClam & Associates Inc 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE BKGP 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE IG Design Group Americas, Inc. - Leesville, SC 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cowpens SC Truss 84 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 NM Amb - Faribault 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 563425-Mil-Greenfield Br 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CBH Travel Center 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sims Superior Seating, Inc. 14.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Combined Containerboard 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE JK Moving & Storage of Maryland 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Veritiv Operating Company - IL121 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Northern Cabinetry, LLC 84 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.