Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing · South Carolina

Ford's Redi mix Concrete

Charleston, SC · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ford's Redi mix Concrete runs at 361% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ford's Redi mix Concrete: 11.9 TCR = 361% of Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ford's Redi mix Concrete safety composite

Ford's Redi mix Concrete scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.6

2016→2020

Ford's Redi mix Concrete injury rate improved

Ford's Redi mix Concrete's TCR fell 8.6 from 13.2 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.2 · 2017=21.7 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327320 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.9 · 361% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #23/24
  • PHOTO 28-Oct
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 28-Oct (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ford's Redi mix Concrete in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ford's Redi mix Concrete averages 11.9 TCR (361% of the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS benchmark).

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

Ford's Redi mix Concrete TCR series: 2016=13.2 · 2017=21.7 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ford's Redi mix Concrete falls in its industry

1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi employers in South Carolina.

Ford's Redi mix Concrete (23 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ford's Redi mix Concrete
Ford's Redi mix Concrete (23 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ford's Redi mix Concrete has fewer employees than the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and dis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2020 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2019 12.3 12.3 3 0 0
2018 7.9 7.9 1 1 0
2017 21.7 21.7 7 0 0
2016 13.2 13.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327320 · SC · Charleston

1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in 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 28-Oct 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yohn Co 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conway Plant - Shop 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henniker Location 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE TRI COUNTY COTTON GROWERS, LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartsville Complex 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marlboro Electric Cooperative, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLYTHEWOOD CREW QUARTERS 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University Hospital Authority 8,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University of South Carolina 5,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-03 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION 1,790 FTE
NAT-TCR Thomas R Moran Construction Company 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Meats, Inc. 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bath Manor Limited Partnership 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southfield Hospice 11.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE WWS - Fairfield Inn Winston Salem 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Outpatient Rehab Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Duct Fabrication, Inc. Las Vegas 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Equipment - Indianapolis 23 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: 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.