Communication tower construction · South Carolina

K-CO Enterprises, Inc.

Piedmont, SC · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Communication tower construction workplace, earning a grade A.

K-CO Enterprises, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 23% of Communication tower construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. safety composite

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2017→2024

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. injury rate improved

K-CO Enterprises, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Piedmont, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/16
  • PHOTO Shelton Energy Solut…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shelton Energy Solutions, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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K-CO Enterprises, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K-CO Enterprises, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (23% of the Communication tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where K-CO Enterprises, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Communication tower constructi establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 16 Communication tower constructi employers in South Carolina.

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate K-CO Enterprises, Inc.
K-CO Enterprises, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

K-CO Enterprises, Inc. has fewer employees than the Communication tower construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · SC · Piedmont

1,605 Communication tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Piedmont, 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 Shelton Energy Solutions, LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BBC Electric 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7102122 DUKE High Springs 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EP Breaux Utility Service, LLC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms SC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simpsonville Operations Center 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savage Rd. Crew Quarters 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Drive Automotive Industries of America 1,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Blood Connection 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Developments - OGR Plant 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR C453 Greenville 372 FTE
NAT-TCR KanPak Arkansas City whse 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Health & Human Services 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Service Machine & Tool Co Inc 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PacBio USA Field 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Public Works Department 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Construction 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE J R Glass - Fitchburg 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delaware OH Yard 26 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.