Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services · South Carolina
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine
West Columbia, SC · ~138 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 9
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.4 to the Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark of 2.1 (163% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.1 industry benchmark.
Where Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine falls in its industry
3,014 Construction machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 62 Construction machinery and equ employers in South Carolina.
Trend analysis for Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine
Between 2020 and 2021, Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine's Total Case Rate worsened from 2.8 to 4.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 46% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 2.8, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 4.1, a spread of 1.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine recorded 9 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 9 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 811310 - Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 295,585 hours worked = 2.03 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine (this establishment) | 3.42 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Electric motor repair and maintenance services, commercial or industrial industry avg | 2.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 811310 |
| South Carolina state avg (all industries) | 4.08 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 4 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine's reported OSHA injury record versus its Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 163% of the Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services benchmark, Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.