Discount Department Stores · South Carolina

1493 - Summerville

Name: 1493 - Summerville Workplace Safety Data
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Summerville, SC · ~248 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1493 - Summerville runs at 285% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

1493 - Summerville: 9.7 TCR = 285% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1493 - Summerville safety composite

1493 - Summerville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2019→2024

1493 - Summerville injury rate improved

1493 - Summerville's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.6 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 23.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.6 · 2021=10.1 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Summerville, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 285% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #53/55
PHOTO 1415 - Wheaton
BOOK 5y book
INJ 29 inj
SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1415 - Wheaton (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.7
1415 - Wheaton

9.7
2147 - West Co

9.7
Ross store 540

9.7
Ross store 138

9.7

What this shows 1493 - Summerville averages 9.7 TCR (285% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

1493 - Summerville TCR series: 2019=5.6 · 2021=10.1 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 1493 - Summerville falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

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 #53 safest of 55 Discount Department Stores employers in South Carolina.

1493 - Summerville (248 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1493 - Summerville has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher 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
2024	3.9	3.3	6	0
2023	5.3	4.0	7	1
2022	23.6	22.3	5	31
2021	10.1	6.7	5	10
2019	5.6	2.8	6	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · SC · Summerville

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 188 employers in Summerville, 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	1415 - Wheaton	SILVER SPRING, MD	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2147 - West Covina South	WEST COVINA, CA	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 540	WEST HILLS, CA	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 1386	LAKELAND, FL	9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	IWG High Performance Conductors - Inman	INMAN	248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	W. Lee Flowers & CO, INC.	LAKE CITY	248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 6395	BLUFFTON	248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michelin US5 Plant Lexington	LEXINGTON	248 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Thorne research - Omni one	Summerville	478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Scout Boats, Inc	Summerville	436 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summerville Medical Center	Summerville	426 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1037	Summerville	420 FTE
NAT-TCR	1415 - Wheaton	Silver Spring, MD	9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Industries-Midland	Jerseyville, IL	9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Swanel Inc	Hammond, IN	9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CCI Construction, Inc.	Montvale, NJ	9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1427 - San Jose Westgate	San Jose, CA	248 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1268 - Colonie Northway	Colonie, NY	248 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1024 - Lombard	Lombard, IL	248 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2503 - Hoover West	Birmingham, AL	248 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.