Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Transportation
Columbia, SC · ~4,400 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 4
- Fatalities
The verdict
South Carolina Department of Transportation runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade D.
South Carolina Department of Transportation: 4.9 TCR = 176% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
South Carolina Department of Transportation safety composite
South Carolina Department of Transportation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 31% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 4
Safer than 0% 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%).
South Carolina Department of Transportation held a steady TCR band
South Carolina Department of Transportation's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.1 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.1 · 2019=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 176% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #32/38
- PHOTO Denco Highway Constr…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 414 inj
- SIZE ~4,400 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Denco Highway Construction Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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South Carolina Department of Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
South Carolina Department of Transportation
4.9 TCR
- Denco Highway
Denco Highway Construction Corporation
4.9 TCR
- Region 4 - Bld
Region 4 - Bldg K
4.9 TCR
- ASRC Civil Con
ASRC Civil Construction LLC
4.9 TCR
- Brothers' Cons
Brothers' Construction, Inc.
4.9 TCR
What this shows South Carolina Department of Transportation averages 4.9 TCR (176% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
South Carolina Department of Transportation TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2019=4.7 · BLS 2.8
Where South Carolina Department of Transportation falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 38 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in South Carolina.
South Carolina Department of Transportation has more employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 196 | 17 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 218 | 23 | 2 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · SC · Columbia
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 | Denco Highway Construction Corporation | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Region 4 - Bldg K | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ASRC Civil Construction LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brothers' Construction, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SC-03 | 4,525 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lexington Medical Center | 4,128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SC-02 | 4,124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CARTER MANUFACTURING DISTRICT SC 1824 | 4,102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmetto Health Richland | 5,949 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Richland | 4,729 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC Department of Transportation | 3,864 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmetto Health Baptist | 2,617 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Slidell - 682 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trico Electric Coopertive, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CBBC OpCo, LLC, dba Colorado Boxed Beef Company | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Manassas plant | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Burlington, MA | 4,399 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - BWI2 | 4,398 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise | 4,404 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Terracon Consultants Inc | 4,405 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.