Plasma Collection · South Carolina

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center

Clemson, SC · ~41 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasma Collection workplace, earning a grade D.

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center: 5.3 TCR = 140% of Plasma Collection BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center safety composite

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−5.9

2016→2020

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center injury rate improved

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center's TCR fell 5.9 from 8.9 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Clemson, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/35
  • PHOTO Walker, MI-BioLife
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Walker, MI-BioLife (0.0 TCR gap)

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Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center averages 5.3 TCR (140% of the Plasma Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3 · BLS 3.8

Where Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center falls in its industry

1,713 Plasma Collection establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 35 Plasma Collection employers in South Carolina.

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center (41 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center
Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center (41 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Clemson, Biotest Plasma Center has fewer employees than the Plasma Collection median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2020 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.6 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 8.2 0.0 2 0 0
2016 8.9 8.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · SC · Clemson

1,713 Plasma Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 19 employers in Clemson, 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 Walker, MI-BioLife 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora 10702 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Merrillville-Broadway, IN - Biomat 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LifeShare Blood Center- Beaumont 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bad Creek Hydro 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCMEEKIN STEAM PLANT 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unitherm Columbia 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clemson University 8,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500163300 CLEMSON UNIV. 793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 8T 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clemson Downs 173 FTE
NAT-TCR 1006-CHS Medical Education 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Portsmouth Abbey School 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Anchor Plumbing 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2116 - White Plains 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE F.J. Dahill Co., Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primrose Lease Management LLC dba Primrose of Sioux Falls 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plumbing & AC Medic 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freedom Forever LLC Bay Area 41 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.