Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing · South Carolina

Dak Americas Cooper River Site

Moncks Corner, SC · ~285 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dak Americas Cooper River Site runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dak Americas Cooper River Site: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dak Americas Cooper River Site safety composite

Dak Americas Cooper River Site scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2019→2021

Dak Americas Cooper River Site injury rate improved

Dak Americas Cooper River Site's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.1 in 2019 to 1.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.1 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325220 · Moncks Corner, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #5/14
  • PHOTO MC HOMER
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~285 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MC HOMER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dak Americas Cooper River Site in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dak Americas Cooper River Site averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Dak Americas Cooper River Site TCR series: 2019=2.1 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Dak Americas Cooper River Site falls in its industry

68 Polyethylene terephthalate (PE establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 14 Polyethylene terephthalate (PE employers in South Carolina.

Dak Americas Cooper River Site (285 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dak Americas Cooper River Site
Dak Americas Cooper River Site (285 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Dak Americas Cooper River Site has more employees than the Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2021 1.6 1.2 4 0 0
2020 0.7 0.3 2 0 0
2019 2.1 1.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325220 · SC · Moncks Corner

68 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Moncks Corner, 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 MC HOMER 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairfield Processing Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honeywell Int. Colonial Heights 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FiberVisions Products 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Conway 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 625 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lowcountry Nursing Group, LLC 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMOP SC Ladson 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berkeley County Government 1,122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moncks Corner Offuce 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1146 481 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1146 398 FTE
NAT-TCR Therma-Tech Engineering, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Health System Office (470-22) 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kirby Risk Electrical Supply Peoria 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FE Moran Fire Protection South 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 7621-Enphg-Duquesne University 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE St-Louis (PC) 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Construction Southwest of CA, Inc. 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate/Warehouse 285 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.