Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) · South Carolina

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc.

Lexington, SC · ~78 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) workplace, earning a grade B.

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 53% of Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. safety composite

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−0.9

2017→2024

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. injury rate improved

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 2.7 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.7 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Lexington, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Enterprise Transport…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Enterprise Transportation Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (53% of the Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) BLS benchmark).

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

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. falls in its industry

1,130 Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, s establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, s employers in South Carolina.

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc.
L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

L.A. Barrier & Son, Inc. has more employees than the Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 1.7 0.9 2 0 0
2023 3.3 0.8 4 0 0
2022 2.7 0.9 3 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2019 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2018 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · SC · Lexington

1,130 Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 136 employers in Lexington, 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 Enterprise Transportation Company 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Contracting Services, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advantage Tank Lines 20068 Rocky Hill 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Howell & Rawson Trucking 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charleston Gas Operations 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Administration 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Georgetown County Water and Sewer District 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Group Inc Cross 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Lexington 1,630 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin US5 Lexington SC 1,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin North America US7 838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia 760 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercedes TX Truss 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Horizon Carpentry Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Arizona Western Main Fee 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Finishing, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Simmons Knife & Saw 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Trail Waste Systems 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE CW Young Construction, LP 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaverton OR Truss 78 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.