Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing · South Carolina
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave.
Charleston, SC · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing workplace, earning a grade D.
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave.: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. safety composite
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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)
- D 4.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave.: 4.3 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2021
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave.'s TCR rose 0.7 from 4.3 in 2020 to 4.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327320 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind
- DART 4.9 DART
- RANK #10/24
- PHOTO Warren County Concrete
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Warren County Concrete (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave.
4.6 TCR
- Warren County
Warren County Concrete
4.6 TCR
- MONCKS CORNER
MONCKS CORNER
4.6 TCR
- Southeast Read
Southeast Ready Mix LLC
4.6 TCR
- Fishers Plant
Fishers Plant 1
4.6 TCR
What this shows Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS benchmark).
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2021=4.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. falls in its industry
1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi employers in South Carolina.
Knights Redi Mix, Inc. Plant 5 Spruill Ave. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | Warren County Concrete | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MONCKS CORNER | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southeast Ready Mix LLC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fishers Plant 1 | 4.6 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 | 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 | 42451d - Hubbard | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4818-MO10 | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Serta Simmons Bedding Seattle | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Harrah | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | I8-Metropolitan Ave Showroom | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Georgia Drywall Systems, Inc. | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lonesome Dove Concrete Pumping LLC Belgrade | 26 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.