Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services · South Carolina

Charleston Blast and Paint

Ladson, SC · ~190 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charleston Blast and Paint runs at 409% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.

Charleston Blast and Paint: 8.6 TCR = 409% of Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charleston Blast and Paint safety composite

Charleston Blast and Paint scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.7

2023→2024

Charleston Blast and Paint injury rate improved

Charleston Blast and Paint's TCR fell 1.7 from 9.4 in 2023 to 7.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.4 · 2024=7.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Ladson, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 409% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #41/46
  • PHOTO RHCC Sacramento
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RHCC Sacramento (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charleston Blast and Paint in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charleston Blast and Paint averages 8.6 TCR (409% of the Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Charleston Blast and Paint TCR series: 2023=9.4 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 2.1

Where Charleston Blast and Paint falls in its industry

2,560 Commercial and industrial mach establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 46 Commercial and industrial mach employers in South Carolina.

Charleston Blast and Paint (190 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Charleston Blast and Paint
Charleston Blast and Paint (190 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Charleston Blast and Paint has more employees than the Commercial and industrial machinery repa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2024 7.8 6.8 16 0 0
2023 9.4 8.0 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · SC · Ladson

2,560 Commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ladson, 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 RHCC Sacramento 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW/Hobart Service-Detroit Branch 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPATCO Energy Solutions, LLC - San Antonio Branch 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Parts - Fort Wayne 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Easley Plant 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Musgrove Plant 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 1383 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 0459 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercedes-Benz Vans 1,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercedez-Benz Vans LLC 1,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holset Palmetto Plant 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Turbo Technologies 633 FTE
NAT-TCR Edgewood Dickinson 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanco 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Flame Furnace Company 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Just Born Quality Confections 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Russell Standard 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Care One at Essex Park 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Heater Corp 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Occasions Group - ID - 0156-IDRE1 190 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. 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.