Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Arkansas

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc.

Little Rock, AR · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc.: 8.3 TCR = 296% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. safety composite

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc.: 6.5 → 10.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc.'s TCR rose 4.3 from 6.5 in 2022 to 10.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 296% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO 6935-CMUD-WATER
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6935-CMUD-WATER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. averages 8.3 TCR (296% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. TCR series: 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Arkansas.

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. (54 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc.
Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. (54 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const 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 10.8 9.0 6 0 0
2023 7.6 5.7 4 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · AR · Little Rock

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 446 employers in Little Rock, AR · 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 6935-CMUD-WATER 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jim Palmer Excavating 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tahoe City Public Utility District 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warren Township Highway Department 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Layne Christensen 2015 South Main Street 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&N Clearing and Environmental LLC 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE TNM Lumberworks of Ark, Inc 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE AmeriTies South LLC 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arkansas Children's Hospital 3,946 FTE
CITY-NEAR LITCX0UPS LIT - UPS 3,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - LIT1 2,510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock 2,500 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Santa Barbara 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Womens Residential Center 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawley Street Shop (Location) 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elementary 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Security Fence Company 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Container Corp 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shelbyville 54 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.