Water treatment and distribution · South Carolina

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority

Darlington, SC · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority runs at 1012% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority: 12.1 TCR = 1012% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority safety composite

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority held a steady TCR band

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority's TCR held near 0.2 from 15.0 in 2019 to 14.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=14.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Darlington, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 1012% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #20/20
  • PHOTO Soto Street Facility
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Soto Street Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority averages 12.1 TCR (1012% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority TCR series: 2019=15 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=14.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 20 Water treatment and distributi employers in South Carolina.

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority (35 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority
Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority (35 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2022 14.8 5.9 4 1 0
2021 15.5 9.3 5 0 0
2020 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2019 15.0 9.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · SC · Darlington

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 38 employers in Darlington, 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 Soto Street Facility 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water & Sewer - Spring St. 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works City of Wyoming 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd 12.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conway Service Center and Warehouse 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLORENCE DISTRICT OFFICE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Delivery Operations (Charleston) 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia Division 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel South Carolina (Darlington) 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Darlington County 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC264 Darlington (Dixie) 461 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7188 239 FTE
NAT-TCR Lochmead Dairy INC 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR US Foods Everett 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport Commissary 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Regency 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westmont Care Center & WEL-Home Health Logan 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Wood Villa 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beartooth Manor 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fresh Ideas Management- Dakota Wesleyan University 35 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: 2022, 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.