Food Services · South Carolina

500211600 - College of Charleston

Charleston, SC · ~235 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

500211600 - College of Charleston runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

500211600 - College of Charleston: 4.5 TCR = 149% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

500211600 - College of Charleston safety composite

500211600 - College of Charleston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−2.5

2016→2017

500211600 - College of Charleston injury rate improved

500211600 - College of Charleston's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.7 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 149% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #80/132
  • PHOTO Edina Public School
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Edina Public School (0.0 TCR gap)

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500211600 - College of Charleston in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 500211600 - College of Charleston averages 4.5 TCR (149% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

500211600 - College of Charleston TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=3.2 · BLS 3.0

Where 500211600 - College of Charleston falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #80 safest of 132 Food Services employers in South Carolina.

500211600 - College of Charleston (235 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 500211600 - College of Charleston
500211600 - College of Charleston (235 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

500211600 - College of Charleston has more employees than the Food Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 3.2 0.8 4 0 0
2016 5.7 4.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · SC · Charleston

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in Charleston, SC · 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 Edina Public School 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAVIT GROUP SALES 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAY J LINDER ASSISTED LIVING 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOS ALAMITOS MED CTR 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sage Automotive Interior Abbeville Plant 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE GREENWOOD EMERALD RD PRD SC 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2076 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seabrook Island Club 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University Hospital Authority 8,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University of South Carolina 5,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-03 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION 1,790 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3108 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus (Ohcls) 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Maysville (Kymay) 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR McConway & Torley Plant 1801 Pittsburgh, PA 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Enersys Inc. Hays Kansas 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Manor Stratmore Nursing & Rehab Center 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swan Island Center (Orpon) 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schlitterbahn NP Water Resort Management, LLC 235 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.