Marine cargo handling services · South Carolina

Charleston Gate Company, LLC

Charleston, SC · ~142 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charleston Gate Company, LLC runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade A.

Charleston Gate Company, LLC: 1.9 TCR = 42% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charleston Gate Company, LLC safety composite

Charleston Gate Company, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.2

2020→2024

Charleston Gate Company, LLC injury rate improved

Charleston Gate Company, LLC's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.8 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.8 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/15
  • PHOTO SEAONUS STEVEDORING …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SEAONUS STEVEDORING - NEW ORLEANS LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charleston Gate Company, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charleston Gate Company, LLC averages 1.9 TCR (42% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

Charleston Gate Company, LLC TCR series: 2020=2.8 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Charleston Gate Company, LLC falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 15 Marine cargo handling services employers in South Carolina.

Charleston Gate Company, LLC (142 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Charleston Gate Company, LLC
Charleston Gate Company, LLC (142 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Charleston Gate Company, LLC has more employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 1.7 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2021 3.3 0.8 2 2 0
2020 2.8 1.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · SC · Charleston

391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in 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 SEAONUS STEVEDORING - NEW ORLEANS LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprague Operating Resources - Searsport 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black Falcon Terminal 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hickman 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Greenville Office 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE BE&K Building Group 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE 101-PL001 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sundaram Clayton USA, LLC 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University Hospital Authority 8,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University of South Carolina 5,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-03 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION 1,790 FTE
NAT-TCR Davidson Oil Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 10246 Scottsdale 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Clean Harbors Recycling Services of Ohio LLC 67SH 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Porterville CA 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE HAC, Inc. 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE L&M Fleet Supply Distribution Center 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Rock Demolition 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wildstone Construction, LLC 142 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.