Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local · South Carolina

R & J Gaston

Gaston, SC · ~50 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R & J Gaston runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade C.

R & J Gaston: 4.5 TCR = 99% of Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R & J Gaston safety composite

R & J Gaston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2017→2021

R & J Gaston injury rate improved

R & J Gaston's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.4 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.4 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Gaston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 99% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #33/63
  • PHOTO MTS Indianapolis
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MTS Indianapolis (0.0 TCR gap)

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R & J Gaston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R & J Gaston averages 4.5 TCR (99% of the Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

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

R & J Gaston TCR series: 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where R & J Gaston falls in its industry

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 63 Transfer (trucking) services, employers in South Carolina.

R & J Gaston (50 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate R & J Gaston
R & J Gaston (50 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

R & J Gaston has more employees than the Transfer (trucking) services, general fr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 4 0 0
2019 7.3 4.9 6 0 0
2018 3.6 1.8 4 0 0
2017 3.4 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · SC · Gaston

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 32 employers in Gaston, 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 MTS Indianapolis 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siedhoff Distributing Co. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fidelitone - Charlotte 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PTG Lawrenceville 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Langley Electric Ops 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEC - Goose Creek Facility 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santee Cooper Cross 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cape Fear Utilities, LLC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Private Residence Gaston SC 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alpek Polyester USA, LLC-Columbia Site 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR DAK Americas, LLC-Columbia Site 495 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stier Supply Co. 286 FTE
NAT-TCR Village of Bloomingdale Police Department 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Grass Pad Barry Road 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pebble Beach - Del Monte Golf Course 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sinclair Printing Company 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trans Am Ambulance Service 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Federal Process Corporation 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guest Supply Carol Stream, Illinois 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guest Supply Grove City, Ohio 50 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: 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.