Flatbed trucking, local · South Carolina

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation

Name: Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Columbia, SC · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flatbed trucking, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation: 4.8 TCR = 106% of Flatbed trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation safety composite

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation held a steady TCR band

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.3 in 2018 to 3.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.3 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · West Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 106% of ind

DART 3.4 DART
RANK #10/12
PHOTO Tucson AZ Whlse and …
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tucson AZ Whlse and Transportation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laurel Transpo

4.7
Tucson Wholesa

4.7

What this shows Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation averages 4.8 TCR (106% of the Flatbed trucking, local BLS benchmark).

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation TCR series: 2018=3.3 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation falls in its industry

1,130 Flatbed trucking, local establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Flatbed trucking, local employers in South Carolina.

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation (24 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Blanchard Machinery Company - Transportation has fewer employees than the Flatbed trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2021	3.4	3.4	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	12.3	8.2	3
2018	3.3	3.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · SC · West Columbia

1,130 Flatbed trucking, local 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Tucson AZ Whlse and Transportation	TUCSON, AZ	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sanderson Farms Adel Live Haul	MOULTRIE, GA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Laurel Transportation	LAUREL, MT	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tucson Wholesale & Transportation	TUCSON, AZ	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ISE Newberry Silverstreet Processing	SILVERSTREET	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Timberlands	COLUMBIA	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Aiken Substation/Transmission	AIKEN	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meter Lab (Columbia)	WEST COLUMBIA	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	4,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SC-02	West Columbia	4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1	West Columbia	2,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1	West Columbia	2,722 FTE
NAT-TCR	Georgia Dental Laboratory	Tucker, GA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	GF Linamar, LLC	Mills River, NC	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kazar's Electric, Inc.	Land O Lakes, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Windsor	Windsor, CO	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SunChemical Maumee Plates	Maumee, OH	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sheraton Stonebriar Hotel	Frisco, TX	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	QEI	La Habra, CA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SRT	Canton, OH	24 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.