Hardware stores · South Carolina

Blanton Supplies of Little River

Little River, SC · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blanton Supplies of Little River runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Blanton Supplies of Little River: 6.0 TCR = 177% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blanton Supplies of Little River safety composite

Blanton Supplies of Little River scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−6.6

2017→2024

Blanton Supplies of Little River injury rate improved

Blanton Supplies of Little River's TCR fell 6.6 from 12.4 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.4 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Little River, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #10/17
  • PHOTO 0706 - WARNER ROBINS…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0706 - WARNER ROBINS, GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blanton Supplies of Little River in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blanton Supplies of Little River averages 6.0 TCR (177% 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 of Little River TCR series: 2017=12.4 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Blanton Supplies of Little River falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #10 safest of 17 Hardware stores employers in South Carolina.

Blanton Supplies of Little River (26 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 of Little River
Blanton Supplies of Little River (26 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Blanton Supplies of Little River 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 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2020 9.5 6.3 3 0 0
2019 6.9 6.9 2 0 0
2018 7.2 7.2 2 0 0
2017 12.4 8.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · SC · Little River

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 19 employers in Little River, 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 0706 - WARNER ROBINS, GA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JACKSONVILLE WEST, FL #00213 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teton Ace Hardware 11 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0767 - FARMINGTON, MO 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms SC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simpsonville Operations Center 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savage Rd. Crew Quarters 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR MCLEOD-SEACOAST MEDICAL CTR 1,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLeod Health Seacoast 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tidelands Health Rehabilitation Hospital at Little River 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR A.O. Hardee and Son, Inc. 179 FTE
NAT-TCR Kadant GranTek Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Global Custom Decorating 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Pointe Senior Living Community 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Westport #652 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ferdinand Branch Plant 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sullivan Save-A-Lot 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Rail 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schexnailder Sheet Metal Works, Inc. 26 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.