Hardware stores · South Carolina

Blanton Supplies Inc

Loris, SC · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blanton Supplies Inc runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Blanton Supplies Inc: 3.9 TCR = 115% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blanton Supplies Inc safety composite

Blanton Supplies Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Blanton Supplies Inc: 6.0 → 14.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.0 TCR · DART/TCR 3.56× in 2024

Blanton Supplies Inc's TCR rose 8.0 from 6.0 in 2016 to 14.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Loris, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 115% of ind

  • DART 14.0 DART
  • RANK #7/17
  • PHOTO TYLER, TX #00502
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TYLER, TX #00502 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blanton Supplies Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blanton Supplies Inc averages 3.9 TCR (115% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Blanton Supplies Inc TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=14 · BLS 3.4

Where Blanton Supplies Inc falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 17 Hardware stores employers in South Carolina.

Blanton Supplies Inc (34 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Blanton Supplies Inc
Blanton Supplies Inc (34 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Blanton Supplies Inc has more employees than the Hardware stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 14.0 14.0 6 0 0
2023 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2022 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.0 3.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · SC · Loris

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 18 employers in Loris, 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 TYLER, TX #00502 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JC Licht True Value West Loop 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNION CITY, TN #03215 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerrity's Ace Shavertown 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE TLG TURF 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE ArborGen Inc. Headquarters 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lancaster Operations Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marlboro Electric Cooperative Headquarters Office 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR MCLEOD-LORIS COMMUNITY HOSP 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLeod Health Loris 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHF Industries, Inc. - Distribution Facility 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Loris Rehab and Nursing Center 103 FTE
NAT-TCR Masonicare Home Health & Hospice - Wallingford 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Indian Summer 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside Village 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RHP MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INC dba; RAY HEATING PRODUCTS INC. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eck's Garage Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taylor Plant 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fred Rd 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bitters Road 34 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, 2017, 2016. 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.