Facilities (except computer operation) support services · South Carolina

Defender Services, Inc

Name: Defender Services, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hopkins, SC · ~2,041 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Defender Services, Inc runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Facilities (except computer operation) support services workplace, earning a grade B.

Defender Services, Inc: 1.7 TCR = 67% of Facilities (except computer operation) support services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Defender Services, Inc safety composite

Defender Services, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Defender Services, Inc: 1.1 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024

Defender Services, Inc's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.1 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561210 · Hopkins, SC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 67% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #6/19
PHOTO SODEXO AT SANTA CRUZ…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 52 inj
SIZE ~2,041 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT SANTA CRUZ VALLEY USD (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Defender Services, Inc averages 1.7 TCR (67% of the Facilities (except computer operation) support services BLS benchmark).

Defender Services, Inc TCR series: 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Defender Services, Inc falls in its industry

757 Facilities (except computer op establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Facilities (except computer op employers in South Carolina.

Defender Services, Inc (2,041 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Defender Services, Inc has more employees than the Facilities (except computer operation) s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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	2.3	1.8	33	0	0
2023	1.1	1.0	19	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561210 · SC · Hopkins

757 Facilities (except computer operation) support services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Hopkins, 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	SODEXO AT SANTA CRUZ VALLEY USD	RIO RICO, AZ	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT RICH PRODUCTS CORP	BUFFALO, NY	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT HCA-OU MEDICAL CENTER - EDMOND	EDMOND, OK	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CBRE - Lam Research - Tualatin	TUALATIN, OR	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	St. Francis Hospital - Downtown	GREENVILLE	1,997 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Richland County Government	COLUMBIA	2,085 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michelin North American Headquarters	GREENVILLE	2,132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anmed Health Medical Center	ANDERSON	1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schneider Electric - Columbia SC	Hopkins	707 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2584	Hopkins	61 FTE
CITY-NEAR	02584 - STORE # 2584 HOPKINS	Hopkins	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smith-Midland Corporation (South Carolina)	Hopkins	35 FTE
NAT-TCR	Faurecia Exhaust Systems, Inc.	Troy, OH	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	USA Jacksonville 2011 Rental Car Ln	Jacksonville, FL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arborscapes LLC	Powhatan, VA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Escondido CA	Escondido, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Good Samaritan Hospital	San Jose, CA	2,042 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southern Management Companies	Vienna, VA	2,042 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CA018	Long Beach, CA	2,040 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Hospital of Central Connecticut-NB	New Britain, CT	2,042 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. 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.