Hardware stores · South Carolina

Blanton Supplies of Marion

Marion, SC · ~15 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blanton Supplies of Marion runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Blanton Supplies of Marion: 2.6 TCR = 76% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blanton Supplies of Marion safety composite

Blanton Supplies of Marion scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−7.8

2017→2024

Blanton Supplies of Marion injury rate improved

Blanton Supplies of Marion's TCR fell 7.8 from 7.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Marion, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/17
  • PHOTO N RICHLAND HILLS, TX…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: N RICHLAND HILLS, TX #00267 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blanton Supplies of Marion in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blanton Supplies of Marion averages 2.6 TCR (76% 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 Marion TCR series: 2017=7.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Blanton Supplies of Marion falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 85% 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 #1 safest of 17 Hardware stores employers in South Carolina.

Blanton Supplies of Marion (15 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Marion
Blanton Supplies of Marion (15 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Blanton Supplies of Marion has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.8 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · SC · Marion

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 19 employers in Marion, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR N RICHLAND HILLS, TX #00267 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0116 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR XENIA, OH #03152 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0103 - COLUMBIA, SC 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mays Contracting 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caterpillar Hydraulics 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE M. B. Kahn Greenville Division 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE M. B. Kahn Charleston Division 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swamp Fox Ampitheater 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acute Care Hopsital 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1829 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marion County Administration 249 FTE
NAT-TCR Omaha Packaged Gas Store 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR IHG Army Hotels - Fort Belvoir (Holiday Inn Express/Army Lodging 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Maywood Tech Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR XNB 2.6 TCR

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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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