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.
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine: 3.4 TCR = 163% of Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine safety composite
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine: 2.8 → 4.1 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.59× in 2021
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.8 in 2020 to 4.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 811310 · West Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 163% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #28/46
- PHOTO MULLEN INDUSTRAL HAN…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~138 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MULLEN INDUSTRAL HANDLING CORP (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine
3.4 TCR
- MULLEN INDUSTR
MULLEN INDUSTRAL HANDLING CORP
3.4 TCR
- Alta Equipment
Alta Equipment Company Romulus
3.4 TCR
- Nortrax Chippe
Nortrax Chippewa Falls
3.4 TCR
- Peraton - USPS
Peraton - USPS Central Repair Facility
3.4 TCR
What this shows Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine averages 3.4 TCR (163% of the Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine TCR series: 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.1 · BLS 2.1
Where Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine falls in its industry
2,560 Construction machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 46 Construction machinery and equ employers in South Carolina.
Blanchard Machinery Company - Columbia Machine has more employees than the Construction machinery and equipment rep median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
811310 · SC · West Columbia
2,560 Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Columbia, 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 | MULLEN INDUSTRAL HANDLING CORP | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alta Equipment Company Romulus | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nortrax Chippewa Falls | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Peraton - USPS Central Repair Facility | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern MEP, Inc | 138 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sumter Packaging Corporation | 138 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mankiewicz Coatings LLC | 138 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mclaughlin Body Co. Inc | 138 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lexington Medical Center | 4,128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC-02 | 4,124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1 | 2,755 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1 | 2,722 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Viant Collegeville, LLC | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Drury Inn & Suites - Albuquerque North | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bauer Equipment America texas | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SC & ASF - Voorhees | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Store #097 | 138 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 125 Meijer Tipp City Oh | 138 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westby Cooperative Creamery | 138 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Metal Industries-Bushnell, Florida | 138 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.