Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing · South Carolina

Apex Tool Group LLC.

Sumter, SC · ~84 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Apex Tool Group LLC. runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Apex Tool Group LLC.: 4.0 TCR = 120% of Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apex Tool Group LLC. safety composite

Apex Tool Group LLC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−4.6

2018→2020

Apex Tool Group LLC. injury rate improved

Apex Tool Group LLC.'s TCR fell 4.6 from 4.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.6 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Sumter, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 120% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO 8180 W 10th Street
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8180 W 10th Street (0.0 TCR gap)

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Apex Tool Group LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Apex Tool Group LLC. averages 4.0 TCR (120% of the Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Apex Tool Group LLC. TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Apex Tool Group LLC. falls in its industry

174 Tools, handheld, nonpowered (e establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Tools, handheld, nonpowered (e employers in South Carolina.

Apex Tool Group LLC. (84 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Apex Tool Group LLC.
Apex Tool Group LLC. (84 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Apex Tool Group LLC. has more employees than the Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.3 0.9 6 2 0
2018 4.6 0.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · SC · Sumter

174 Tools, handheld, nonpowered (except kitchen-type), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, 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 8180 W 10th Street 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seymour Midwest LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowell Corporation 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reno Distribution Center 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE McClam & Associates Inc 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE BKGP 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE IG Design Group Americas, Inc. - Leesville, SC 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cowpens SC Truss 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thompson Construction Group 2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Tuomey 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR 492 Thermal Ceramics - Augusta GA 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Genesis Healthcare Center - Westfield Cener 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BW StChar1601 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 305 - Grand Rapids Fas 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Newport Service Center 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAPA Carrollton 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boyer's Food Markets -Hazleton 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kent Power Ohio 84 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.