Plumbing and heating contractors · South Carolina

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC

North Charleston, SC · ~225 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC: 2.7 TCR = 97% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC safety composite

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC held a steady TCR band

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.5 in 2020 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.5 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · North Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 97% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #25/54
  • PHOTO Desert Mechanical Inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~225 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Desert Mechanical Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC averages 2.7 TCR (97% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC TCR series: 2020=2.5 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 54 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in South Carolina.

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC (225 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC
Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC (225 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024 2.2 0.9 5 0 0
2023 2.6 1.8 6 0 0
2022 3.5 2.6 8 0 0
2020 2.5 2.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · SC · North Charleston

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 256 employers in North 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 Desert Mechanical Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WL Gary Co INC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CONSTELLATION HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Wall St. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wenwood 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Catawba Nuclear Plant 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orian Rugs, Inc. 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pure Fishing - Columbia 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston County 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Goodwill Services 1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trident Medical Center 1,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRC Charleston ISS Division 815 FTE
NAT-TCR Kilstrom Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lenoir (Marlin) 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gristedes #601 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clean Team USA 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aviation Trechnical Services Kansass City 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unified Construction Group, LLC 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dierks Lumber 225 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, 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.