Materials Recovery Facilities · South Carolina

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255

Columbia, SC · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Materials Recovery Facilities workplace, earning a grade B.

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255: 1.5 TCR = 56% of Materials Recovery Facilities BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 safety composite

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 held a steady TCR band

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P88
  • PHOTO S05870 - MN Minneapo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S05870 - MN Minneapolis MRF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 averages 1.5 TCR (56% of the Materials Recovery Facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 falls in its industry

422 Materials Recovery Facilities establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 (32 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255
Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 (32 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Columbia Sonoco Recycling - F255 has fewer employees than the Materials Recovery Facilities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2018 4.9 2.4 2 0 0
2017 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · SC · Columbia

422 Materials Recovery Facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 S05870 - MN Minneapolis MRF 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tervita Texas Office & TX, LA and Arkansas Field Operations 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tervita NE Shop, Office & Operations 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Casella Recycle - Boston 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Humphrey Coker Seed Company Inc 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Humphrey Coker Seed Company - Salters Gin 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Utility 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ridgeland 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR OrthoIndy Enterprises 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amherst 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincolnton 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR QSI Edinburg 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forest Park - D009 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenville - D060 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bucher Municipal North America, Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warren Construction Group 32 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, 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.