Academies, college or university · South Carolina

Clemson University

Name: Clemson University Workplace Safety Data
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Clemson, SC · ~8,237 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Clemson University runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

Clemson University: 1.7 TCR = 121% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clemson University safety composite

Clemson University scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.9

2017→2020

Clemson University injury rate improved

Clemson University's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.7 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.7 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Clemson, SC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 1.7 · 121% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Division 90 Universi…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 271 inj
SIZE ~8,237 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Division 90 University of Rochester (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Clemson University averages 1.7 TCR (121% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

Clemson University TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.8 · BLS 1.4

Where Clemson University falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Academies, college or universi employers in South Carolina.

Clemson University (8,237 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Clemson University has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2020	0.8	0.5	41	1
2019	1.6	1.1	81	1
2018	1.6	0.9	76	2
2017	2.7	1.4	73	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · SC · Clemson

347 Academies, college or university 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Division 90 University of Rochester	ROCHESTER, NY	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thomas Jefferson University	PHILADELPHIA, PA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin Campus - Texas Medical Careers	AUSTIN, TX	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UC San Diego	LA JOLLA, CA	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Medical University Hospital Authority	CHARLESTON	8,204 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SPARTANBURG FOOD	SPARTANBURG	8,650 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GREENVILLE MEMORIAL MED CAMPUS	GREENVILLE	6,132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SC007	NORTH CLARLESTON	5,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR	500163300 CLEMSON UNIV.	Clemson	793 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Plant 8T	Clemson	211 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Clemson Downs	Clemson	173 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Store 1379	Clemson	168 FTE
NAT-TCR	Muscle Shoals (BP)	Tuscumbia, AL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fisher Auto Parts - NORWOH	Cincinnati, OH	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	DC - Rochester Hills, MI	Rochester Hills, MI	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wissota Hydro Plant	Chippewa Falls, WI	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Chesterfield County Schools	Chesterfield, VA	8,218 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ruby Memorial Hospital	Morgantown, WV	8,185 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NYH - Weill Cornell	New York, NY	8,300 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BMC - Baystate Medical Center	Springfield, MA	8,310 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.