Discount Department Stores · West Virginia
1261 - Charleston
South Charleston, WV · ~148 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1261 - Charleston runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.
1261 - Charleston: 3.8 TCR = 110% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1261 - Charleston safety composite
1261 - Charleston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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%).
Rising injury rate
1261 - Charleston: 1.1 → 1.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024
1261 - Charleston's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.1 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · South Charleston, WV ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 110% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #11/18
- PHOTO Unit #1874
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~148 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Unit #1874 (0.0 TCR gap)
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1261 - Charleston in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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1261 - Charleston
3.8 TCR
- Unit #1874
Unit #1874
3.8 TCR
- Unit #2989
Unit #2989
3.8 TCR
- Ross store 824
Ross store 824
3.8 TCR
- Ross store 765
Ross store 765
3.8 TCR
What this shows 1261 - Charleston averages 3.8 TCR (110% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
1261 - Charleston TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2020=1 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.4
Where 1261 - Charleston falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Discount Department Stores employers in West Virginia.
1261 - Charleston has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · WV · South Charleston
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 36 employers in South Charleston, WV · 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 | Unit #1874 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Unit #2989 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 824 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 765 | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 016-00803 | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clearon Corp. | 147 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | STAR Plastics, LLC | 149 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | STAR Plastics, LLC MWD | 149 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thomas Health Systems, INC | 1,257 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thomas Memorial Hospital | 1,170 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gestamp WV | 612 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gestamp West Virginia, LLC | 564 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tecnifoam | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Main Office | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PCI Fairless Hills, LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Professional Cabling Solutions | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1050 - Vero Beach | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1045 - Owings Mills | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0921 - Jackson | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1852 - San Antonio SE | 148 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.