Janitorial services · South Carolina
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170)
Columbia, SC · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Janitorial services workplace, earning a grade D.
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170): 8.9 TCR = 198% of Janitorial services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) safety composite
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−26.7
2019→2021
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) injury rate improved
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170)'s TCR fell 26.7 from 26.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 26.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=26.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561720 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 8.9 · 198% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #68/72
- PHOTO JAN-CA-SoCal
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: JAN-CA-SoCal (0.0 TCR gap)
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Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170)
8.9 TCR
- JAN-CA-SoCal
JAN-CA-SoCal
8.9 TCR
- iCAN Resources
iCAN Resources, Inc.
8.9 TCR
- Maid Brigade o
Maid Brigade of Houston
8.9 TCR
- Fort Lauderdal
Fort Lauderdale International Airport - AVN
8.9 TCR
What this shows Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) averages 8.9 TCR (198% of the Janitorial services BLS benchmark).
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) TCR series: 2019=26.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) falls in its industry
4,064 Janitorial services establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #68 safest of 72 Janitorial services employers in South Carolina.
Defender Services -- Westinghouse (15-170) has fewer employees than the Janitorial services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561720 · SC · Columbia
4,064 Janitorial services 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 | JAN-CA-SoCal | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | iCAN Resources, Inc. | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maid Brigade of Houston | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fort Lauderdale International Airport - AVN | 8.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BLUFFTON OFFICE | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUMMERVILLE ELECTRIC OPERATION | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Garden City Office and Warehouse | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AIKEN GAS OPERATIONS | 27 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 | Homewood Flossmoor* | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fiesta Canning Co. Inc | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grocery Outlet 7714 | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JAN-CA-SoCal | 8.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4598-Rtc Columbus South | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Solstice Senior Living at Plano | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oakley Grocery Outlet | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rinker ATLCP | 27 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.