Hot water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing · South Carolina

A.O. Smith Corporation

Mcbee, SC · ~537 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.O. Smith Corporation runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hot water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

A.O. Smith Corporation: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Hot water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.O. Smith Corporation safety composite

A.O. Smith Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−1.4

2017→2024

A.O. Smith Corporation injury rate improved

A.O. Smith Corporation's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.1 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.1 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335228 · Mcbee, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK P61
  • PHOTO ISE Sturtevant
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~537 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ISE Sturtevant (0.0 TCR gap)

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A.O. Smith Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.O. Smith Corporation averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Hot water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

A.O. Smith Corporation TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where A.O. Smith Corporation falls in its industry

23 Hot water heaters (including n establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
A.O. Smith Corporation (537 employees, TCR 1.8) among 14 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 253 employees and a TCR of 2.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate A.O. Smith Corporation
A.O. Smith Corporation (537 employees, TCR 1.8) among 14 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 253 employees and a TCR of 2.3

A.O. Smith Corporation has more employees than the Hot water heaters (including nonelectric median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 0.7 0.4 4 0 0
2023 1.9 0.8 10 0 0
2022 1.9 0.3 11 0 0
2021 1.3 0.4 7 0 0
2020 2.0 0.6 10 0 0
2019 2.2 0.4 12 0 0
2017 2.1 0.4 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335228 · SC · Mcbee

23 Hot water heaters (including nonelectric), household-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Mcbee, 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 ISE Sturtevant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISE Racine 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eemax, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CoorsTek, Inc. Milford, NH 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE MUSC HEALTH FLORENCE 538 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fujifilm North America Corporation- Greenwood, SC 536 FTE
STATE-SIZE 003 - FOUNTAIN INN, SC 539 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4609-1893 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : Hartsville 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mar Mac Protective Apparel 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mar-Mac Industries, Inc. 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR BlueTriton Brands - McBee, SC 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - NASHNH 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 0f80 - Portland Fire 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 779 - Boston Fas 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Energy & Process Corporation: GA Tucker-2146-B Flintstone Dr. 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CMC Placing Los Angeles 537 FTE
NAT-SIZE VASCOR Ltd 537 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longs Peak Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triumph Group 537 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, 2020, 2019, 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.