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

FFT Sumter LLC

Sumter, SC · ~151 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FFT Sumter LLC runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

FFT Sumter LLC: 12.0 TCR = 364% of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FFT Sumter LLC safety composite

FFT Sumter LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

FFT Sumter LLC: 7.4 → 31.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 31.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.57× in 2020

FFT Sumter LLC's TCR rose 24.3 from 7.4 in 2016 to 31.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325220 · Sumter, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 364% of ind

  • DART 18.8 DART
  • RANK #14/14
  • PHOTO Monahan Filaments
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monahan Filaments (1.7 TCR gap)

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FFT Sumter LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FFT Sumter LLC averages 12.0 TCR (364% 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

FFT Sumter LLC TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=4.7 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=31.7 · BLS 3.3

Where FFT Sumter LLC falls in its industry

68 Polyethylene terephthalate (PE establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #14 safest of 14 Polyethylene terephthalate (PE employers in South Carolina.

FFT Sumter LLC (151 employees, TCR 12.0) 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 FFT Sumter LLC
FFT Sumter LLC (151 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0

FFT Sumter LLC has fewer employees than the Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers median and a higher 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
2020 31.7 18.8 8 24 0
2019 4.3 4.3 5 0 0
2017 4.7 3.4 6 1 0
2016 7.4 5.3 10 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325220 · SC · Sumter

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 · 130 employers in Sumter, 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 Monahan Filaments 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Fiber LLC 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WALTRICH PLASTIC CORPORATION OF GEORGIA 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The MPI Group, LLC 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Palmetto Prince George Operating DBA Prince George Healthcare Center 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2576-554 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCarthy Teszler School 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Carolina Department of Public Safety - State Transport Police 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thompson Construction Group 2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Tuomey 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR Store #17 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2011 - Indianapolis West 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR OCCDP - Springfield Distribution Center 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FB - Federal Building 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Uihlein Electric 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Angelica - Rockmart 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legend Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Kyle 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal's Aventura Hotel 151 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: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.