General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · South Carolina

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens

Name: Tidewater Transit-Cowpens Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cowpens, SC · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload workplace, earning a grade B.

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens: 2.8 TCR = 63% of General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens safety composite

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−5.8

2018→2022

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens injury rate improved

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Cowpens, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 63% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #36/71
PHOTO Ontario CA - 1950 St…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ontario CA - 1950 Sterling Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Ontario CA - 1

2.8
Commercial Hau

2.8
Copeland Truck

2.8
Valpo Corrugat

2.8

What this shows Tidewater Transit-Cowpens averages 2.8 TCR (63% of the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS benchmark).

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Tidewater Transit-Cowpens falls in its industry

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 71 General Freight Trucking, Long employers in South Carolina.

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens (56 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Tidewater Transit-Cowpens has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, median and a lower 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
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2020	2.7	2.7	1
2018	5.8	5.8	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · SC · Cowpens

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 18 employers in Cowpens, 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	Ontario CA - 1950 Sterling Avenue	ONTARIO, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Commercial Hauling Company Inc.	BIRMINGHAM, AL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Copeland Trucking Des Moines	DES MOINES, IA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valpo Corrugated	VALPARASIO, IN	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lockhart Power Company	LOCKHART	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Construction Professionals Inc	MT. PLEASANT	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spartanburg Water Customer Service	SPARTANBURG	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kent Companies South Carolina Office	FORT MILL	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DC11 DC11 COWPENS SC	Cowpens	1,195 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4186-DC11	Cowpens	478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cowpens - 600 Webber Road	Cowpens	447 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mermet	Cowpens	170 FTE
NAT-TCR	BICSI	Tampa, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops #578	Elmira, NY	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	O'Connor Plumbing	Germantown, MD	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	North Plate Interior Plant	North Platte, NE	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Turner Dr	Spencerport, NY	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NIM Transportation - Norfolk	Norfolk, NE	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Madison Lumber Mill LLC	Silver Lake, NH	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Olive Grove Real Estate LLC	Phoenix, AZ	56 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: 2022, 2020, 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.