Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) · South Carolina

CHS Charleston International Airport

Charleston, SC · ~96 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CHS Charleston International Airport runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) workplace, earning a grade D.

CHS Charleston International Airport: 6.1 TCR = 135% of Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CHS Charleston International Airport safety composite

CHS Charleston International Airport scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−2.6

2016→2023

CHS Charleston International Airport injury rate improved

CHS Charleston International Airport's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.7 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 135% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #13/20
  • PHOTO 4765-MSPCW9820
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4765-MSPCW9820 (0.0 TCR gap)

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CHS Charleston International Airport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CHS Charleston International Airport averages 6.1 TCR (135% of the Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) BLS benchmark).

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

CHS Charleston International Airport TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=7 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where CHS Charleston International Airport falls in its industry

1,555 Airport operators (e.g., civil establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 20 Airport operators (e.g., civil employers in South Carolina.

CHS Charleston International Airport (96 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate CHS Charleston International Airport
CHS Charleston International Airport (96 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

CHS Charleston International Airport has more employees than the Airport operators (e.g., civil, internat median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.1 1.6 4 0 0
2022 4.3 1.1 4 0 0
2021 13.2 0.0 9 0 0
2020 7.1 0.0 3 0 0
2019 7.0 1.4 5 0 0
2018 4.3 0.0 3 0 0
2017 3.6 1.2 3 0 0
2016 5.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · SC · Charleston

1,555 Airport operators (e.g., civil, international, national) 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 4765-MSPCW9820 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DGS Aviation Services : BOI - Boise 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4765-MTJPW9646 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORD-SCS 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thompson Turner 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cape Romain Contractors 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carolina Home Services Group Inc 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Carolina- Supply Chain Center 96 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 Mayo Clinic Ambulance (Gold Cross-Eau Claire) 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 10172 Paradise Valley 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawaiian Gardens Casino 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Dental Laboratory of Eau Claire 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE HRT Lakeville 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omak Clinic 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE McAllen Nursing Center 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victoria Mac Haik Ford LTD 96 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.