Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing · South Carolina

Carolina Ceramics

Columbia, SC · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carolina Ceramics runs at 397% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Carolina Ceramics: 13.1 TCR = 397% of Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carolina Ceramics safety composite

Carolina Ceramics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−2.7

2019→2021

Carolina Ceramics injury rate improved

Carolina Ceramics's TCR fell 2.7 from 17.7 in 2019 to 15.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=17.7 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=15.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 397% of ind

  • DART 15.0 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO US Brick LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Brick LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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Carolina Ceramics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carolina Ceramics averages 13.1 TCR (397% of the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carolina Ceramics TCR series: 2019=17.7 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=15 · BLS 3.3

Where Carolina Ceramics falls in its industry

307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl employers in South Carolina.

Carolina Ceramics (62 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Carolina Ceramics
Carolina Ceramics (62 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Carolina Ceramics has more employees than the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, holl median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 15.0 15.0 7 2 0
2020 6.7 6.7 4 0 0
2019 17.7 17.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · SC · Columbia

307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in 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 US Brick LLC 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Refractory Service Corporation-East Chicago 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR STONEPEAK CERAMICS, INC. 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercury Mosaics Minneapolis 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Contract Construction inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Oaks Contractors Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chandler Construction Services, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mount Valley Greenville 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Pacifica Suites 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DDS West Region - STS 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Elliott/Drinkward Construction 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shoreline Care Center 13.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Liberty Health and Wellness 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE VIP Plastics 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stuart Service Center 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE TEBJES, INC. DBA BASIC Equipment 62 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.