Solar Panel Installation · South Carolina

861-SC-Midlands

Columbia, SC · ~61 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

861-SC-Midlands runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solar Panel Installation workplace, earning a grade F.

861-SC-Midlands: 6.9 TCR = 245% of Solar Panel Installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

861-SC-Midlands safety composite

861-SC-Midlands scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

861-SC-Midlands: 1.3 → 12.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2018

861-SC-Midlands's TCR rose 11.2 from 1.3 in 2017 to 12.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 245% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #43/47
  • PHOTO Blue Arc Electric, I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blue Arc Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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861-SC-Midlands in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 861-SC-Midlands averages 6.9 TCR (245% of the Solar Panel Installation BLS benchmark).

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

861-SC-Midlands TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=12.4 · BLS 2.8

Where 861-SC-Midlands falls in its industry

4,550 Solar Panel Installation establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 47 Solar Panel Installation employers in South Carolina.

861-SC-Midlands (61 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 861-SC-Midlands
861-SC-Midlands (61 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

861-SC-Midlands has fewer employees than the Solar Panel Installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018 12.4 7.1 5 2 0
2017 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · SC · Columbia

4,550 Solar Panel Installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 Blue Arc Electric, Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bowen Electric 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAM Electrical Service 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electrical Construction 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CLOVER SC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE CR Hipp Construction Inc. 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 33 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR 2904-ASM-HI 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UG2 -512 - Salmon Run Mall 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bowen Electric 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5099-00 Novelis-DCC/Dearborn, MI 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Snow Metal 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Broadway Nursing Home 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rose Haven 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atrium Post Acute Care of Shawano at Birch Hill 61 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.