Natural Gas Distribution · South Carolina

Charleston Gas Operations

North Charleston, SC · ~80 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charleston Gas Operations runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

Charleston Gas Operations: 1.3 TCR = 109% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charleston Gas Operations safety composite

Charleston Gas Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−1.3

2022→2024

Charleston Gas Operations injury rate improved

Charleston Gas Operations's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.6 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · North Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 109% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #5/14
  • PHOTO AMEREN ILLINOIS - Ga…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Storage (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charleston Gas Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charleston Gas Operations averages 1.3 TCR (109% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Charleston Gas Operations TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Charleston Gas Operations falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #5 safest of 14 Natural Gas Distribution employers in South Carolina.

Charleston Gas Operations (80 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Charleston Gas Operations
Charleston Gas Operations (80 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Charleston Gas Operations has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower 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
2024 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.6 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · SC · North Charleston

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 256 employers in North Charleston, 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 AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Storage 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 720 S MORRISON BLVD HAMMOND LA 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BARTLESVILLE SC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taft Base - Bld: 0221 - 15 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE WILLIAMS STEAM PLANT 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE NNOB - VC Summer Units 1, 2, 3 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Charleston Sewer District 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar - Coastal Carolinas (Myrtle Beach) 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston County 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Goodwill Services 1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trident Medical Center 1,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRC Charleston ISS Division 815 FTE
NAT-TCR Legacy Publishing Group Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR H Z Sprma 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KeySource 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dynabrade, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE D & S Fencing Co., Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 094 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE All American Service & Supplies 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Care Center 80 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.