Fiberglass fabrics weaving · South Carolina

Carolina Technical Fabrics

Ridgeway, SC · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carolina Technical Fabrics runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiberglass fabrics weaving workplace, earning a grade D.

Carolina Technical Fabrics: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Fiberglass fabrics weaving BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carolina Technical Fabrics safety composite

Carolina Technical Fabrics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−8.5

2021→2023

Carolina Technical Fabrics injury rate improved

Carolina Technical Fabrics's TCR fell 8.5 from 8.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313210 · Ridgeway, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/29
  • PHOTO Absecon Mills Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Absecon Mills Inc (0.2 TCR gap)

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Carolina Technical Fabrics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carolina Technical Fabrics averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Fiberglass fabrics weaving BLS benchmark).

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

Carolina Technical Fabrics TCR series: 2021=8.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Carolina Technical Fabrics falls in its industry

141 Fiberglass fabrics weaving establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 29 Fiberglass fabrics weaving employers in South Carolina.

Carolina Technical Fabrics (33 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Carolina Technical Fabrics
Carolina Technical Fabrics (33 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Carolina Technical Fabrics has fewer employees than the Fiberglass fabrics weaving median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.1 6.1 2 0 0
2021 8.5 8.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313210 · SC · Ridgeway

141 Fiberglass fabrics weaving employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 9 employers in Ridgeway, 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 Absecon Mills Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belton Industries, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tex tech industries inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newtex Industries, Inc. 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BEC- Johns Island Facility 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE MYRTLE BEACH DISTRICT OFFICE 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Resource Center PNG 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hogan Construction - Greenville 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEKRA Lang North America LLC 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage South Carolina - Ridgeway 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR PruittHealth Ridgeway 156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Isola Group 151 FTE
NAT-TCR The Gables on Pelham 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pride Solvents & Chemical 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hospice Buffalo, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4533 Goodyear, AZ 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mapleview Dairy LLC 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Granite City Electric Supply Co Quincy Location 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Almeda Genoa 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turner Construction Inc of Naples 33 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.