Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia

Cayce, SC · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia: 5.3 TCR = 243% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia safety composite

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−14.6

2018→2024

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia injury rate improved

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia's TCR fell 14.6 from 14.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=14.6 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423810 · Cayce, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 243% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Ascendum Machinery -…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ascendum Machinery - Charlotte (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascendum Machinery- Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascendum Machinery- Columbia averages 5.3 TCR (243% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia TCR series: 2018=14.6 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ascendum Machinery- Columbia falls in its industry

533 Construction machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ascendum Machinery- Columbia (22 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ascendum Machinery- Columbia
Ascendum Machinery- Columbia (22 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Ascendum Machinery- Columbia has fewer employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 9.9 0.0 2 0 0
2018 14.6 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423810 · SC · Cayce

533 Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 46 employers in Cayce, 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 Ascendum Machinery - Charlotte 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 01058-01-01-MERRILL 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salt Lake City 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Hampton 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ISE Newberry Liquid Plant 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerville SC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville Business Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR HISTORIC COLUMBIA SPEEDWAY 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Headquarters 606 FTE
CITY-NEAR CMC Steel South Carolina 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Ascendum Machinery - Charlotte 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Construction 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rapat Corporation 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Viking SupplyNet & Fabrication Services - Phoenix 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pac Green Landscape 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transport Service 60106 Denver 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at San Jose Job Corps 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Toyota Ky Cafe 601 22 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.