Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing · South Carolina
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc.
Sumter, SC · ~61 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. safety composite
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc.: 3.2 → 4.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2021
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.9 from 3.2 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337122 · Sumter, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK P68
- PHOTO Bernhardt Furniture …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~61 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #3 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Shuttlecraft D
Shuttlecraft Design Services Inc.
3.7 TCR
- Standard Furni
Standard Furniture Manufacturing
3.7 TCR
- This site
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc.
3.6 TCR
- Bernhardt Furn
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #3
3.6 TCR
- Lanz Cabinets
Lanz Cabinets
3.5 TCR
What this shows Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=0 · 2021=4.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. falls in its industry
130 Bedroom furniture (except upho establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337122 · SC · Sumter
130 Bedroom furniture (except upholstered), wood household-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, 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 | Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #3 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shuttlecraft Design Services Inc. | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lanz Cabinets | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Standard Furniture Manufacturing | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CLOVER SC | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 861-SC-Midlands | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CR Hipp Construction Inc. | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thompson Construction Group | 2,328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Tuomey | 1,440 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sumter Utilities, Inc. | 1,370 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant | 1,350 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nagel Paper | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mitchell College Milner Hall | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Duval Cty #10 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SEL | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bilfinger Industrial Services | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (Middle) | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Custom Building Products LASC | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Broaster Company | 61 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.