Grocery Stores · South Carolina

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston

Name: 02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston Workplace Safety Data
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Gaston, SC · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery Stores workplace, earning a grade B.

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Grocery Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston safety composite

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston held a steady TCR band

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.1 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Gaston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #126/789
PHOTO #743 Market Place
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: #743 Market Place (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
#743 Market Pl

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SWY-0029-0029-

2.1
H Mart Irvine

2.1
2050-20500002-

2.1

What this shows 02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Grocery Stores BLS benchmark).

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston TCR series: 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Stores establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

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 #126 safest of 789 Grocery Stores employers in South Carolina.

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston (77 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

02609 - Store # 2609 Gaston has fewer employees than the Grocery Stores 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
2023	2.1	2.1	0	1	0
2022	2.1	2.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · SC · Gaston

30,654 Grocery Stores 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	#743 Market Place	CITRONELLE, AL	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0029-0029-02285 FAC-02285-LOS ALAMITOS-CA	LOS ALAMITOS, CA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	H Mart Irvine Westpark LLC.	IRVINE, CA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2050-20500002-940	SAN DIEGO, CA	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Magna Energy Storage Systems USA	SPARTANBURG	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valley Falls Terrace	SPARTANBURG	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Qualex Manufacturing at Ridgeway, SC	RIDGEWAY	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6232-1260	SUMMERVILLE	77 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Private Residence Gaston SC	Gaston	861 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alpek Polyester USA, LLC-Columbia Site	Gaston	500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DAK Americas, LLC-Columbia Site	Gaston	495 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stier Supply Co.	Gaston	286 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sun Valley Masonry, Inc.	Phoenix, AZ	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	CorTek Inc	Hamlet, NC	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2505	Springfield, IL	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2294	Concord, NC	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AZZ Galvanizing - Dixon	Dixon, IL	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alternative Fuels Transportation Inc.	Carlstadt, NJ	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tower Steel Services, Inc.	Tomball, TX	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Treemen Industries, Inc.	Boardman, OH	77 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: 2023, 2022. 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.