Solar Panel Installation · South Carolina

863-SC-Lowcounty

Summerville, SC · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

863-SC-Lowcounty runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solar Panel Installation workplace, earning a grade F.

863-SC-Lowcounty: 6.1 TCR = 218% of Solar Panel Installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

863-SC-Lowcounty safety composite

863-SC-Lowcounty scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2017→2018

863-SC-Lowcounty injury rate improved

863-SC-Lowcounty's TCR fell 2.5 from 7.3 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.3 · 2018=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 218% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #42/47
  • PHOTO Fullford Electric, Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fullford Electric, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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863-SC-Lowcounty in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 863-SC-Lowcounty averages 6.1 TCR (218% of the Solar Panel Installation BLS benchmark).

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

863-SC-Lowcounty TCR series: 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.8 · BLS 2.8

Where 863-SC-Lowcounty falls in its industry

4,550 Solar Panel Installation establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #42 safest of 47 Solar Panel Installation employers in South Carolina.

863-SC-Lowcounty (30 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 863-SC-Lowcounty
863-SC-Lowcounty (30 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

863-SC-Lowcounty 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 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2017 7.3 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · SC · Summerville

4,550 Solar Panel Installation 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Fullford Electric, Inc 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCI:CC023 - CC023 -McClellan Park, CA 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 94 Compark Road 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FSE 610 Lexington Ave 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE FAIRFIELD PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE DENMARK DISTRICT OFFICE 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenwood Operations Center 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Resource Center - PNG 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thorne research - Omni one 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scout Boats, Inc 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summerville Medical Center 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1037 420 FTE
NAT-TCR MWI Animal Health 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pentair Residential Filtration LLC - Dover 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Conrad Deepwater Shipyard 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fraser Villa 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nexeo Solutions - Cincinnati 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nexeo Solutions - Denver 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5295 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stevedoring 30 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.

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