Telephone line construction · South Carolina

Southern Installations, Inc.

Name: Southern Installations, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lexington, SC · ~58 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 18.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Installations, Inc. runs at 669% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telephone line construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Installations, Inc.: 18.7 TCR = 669% of Telephone line construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Installations, Inc. safety composite

Southern Installations, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 18.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−4.6

2018→2021

Southern Installations, Inc. injury rate improved

Southern Installations, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.6 from 21.0 in 2018 to 16.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=21.0 · 2021=16.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Lexington, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.7 · 669% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #16/16
PHOTO Perham, MN (AEIS)
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Perham, MN (AEIS) (0.0 TCR gap)

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John Griffin C

19.8
Headquarters

19.1
Perham, MN (AE

18.8
This site

18.7
AM Communicati

18.1

What this shows Southern Installations, Inc. averages 18.7 TCR (669% of the Telephone line construction BLS benchmark).

Southern Installations, Inc. TCR series: 2018=21 · 2021=16.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Southern Installations, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Telephone line construction establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Telephone line construction employers in South Carolina.

Southern Installations, Inc. (58 employees, TCR 18.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Southern Installations, Inc. has fewer employees than the Telephone line construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2021	16.4	2.4	4	3	0
2018	21.0	16.4	7	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · SC · Lexington

1,605 Telephone line construction 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Perham, MN (AEIS)	PERHAM, MN	18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Headquarters	LOVELAND, CO	19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AM Communications TX	LUBBOCK, TX	18.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	John Griffin Construction, Inc,	CORONA, CA	19.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	URQUHART STEAM PLANT	BEECH ISLAND	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anderson Operations Center	ANDERSON	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fuji Film	GREENWOOD	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA SC West Columbia	WEST COLUMBIA	58 FTE
CITY-NEAR	County of Lexington	Lexington	1,630 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Michelin US5 Lexington SC	Lexington	1,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Michelin North America US7	Lexington	838 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbia	Lexington	760 FTE
NAT-TCR	McKay Dee Surgical Center	Ogden, UT	18.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Residence Inn Westford	Westford, MA	18.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Laminators	Swisshome, OR	18.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aperion Care Evanston	Evanston, IL	18.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rbco 26 Ny-Cap 90-26-01-90	Clearwater, FL	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fortis Solutions Group (Wixom)	Wixom, MI	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holland Roofing SPD	Milford, OH	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	43121c - Merrillville Dc	Merrillville, IN	58 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.