Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · South Carolina

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC

Charleston, SC · ~86 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC: 3.6 TCR = 130% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC safety composite

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−2.6

2018→2020

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC injury rate improved

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.0 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 130% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #19/26
  • PHOTO Kinsale Contracting …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kinsale Contracting Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paragon Sitework Constructors INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paragon Sitework Constructors INC averages 3.6 TCR (130% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Paragon Sitework Constructors INC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 26 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in South Carolina.

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC (86 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Paragon Sitework Constructors INC
Paragon Sitework Constructors INC (86 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Paragon Sitework Constructors INC has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · SC · Charleston

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors 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 Kinsale Contracting Group 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZMK Construction Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Earthworks LLC 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Short Term Establishments 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pickens Contracting, Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Stone 86 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 Tenneco-Elkhart 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GG Hospitality LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Fort Lauderdale 600 Terminal Dr Ste 301 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodbridge Corporation 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Offices 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE King Associates Ltd DBA Kord King 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE HydroChem LLC-BTX 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nonwovens 86 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.