Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · South Carolina

Fukoku America Inc.

Laurens, SC · ~115 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fukoku America Inc. runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Fukoku America Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fukoku America Inc. safety composite

Fukoku America Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

Fukoku America Inc.: 0.8 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Fukoku America Inc.'s TCR rose 3.8 from 0.8 in 2022 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333248 · Laurens, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO SWARCO REFLEX, LLC.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SWARCO REFLEX, LLC. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Fukoku America Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fukoku America Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fukoku America Inc. TCR series: 2022=0.8 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Fukoku America Inc. falls in its industry

55 Blow molding machinery for pla establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Blow molding machinery for pla employers in South Carolina.

Fukoku America Inc. (115 employees, TCR 2.9) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 28 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fukoku America Inc.
Fukoku America Inc. (115 employees, TCR 2.9) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Fukoku America Inc. has more employees than the Blow molding machinery for plastics manu median and a higher 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 4.5 0.0 6 0 0
2023 3.5 3.5 6 0 0
2022 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333248 · SC · Laurens

55 Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 34 employers in Laurens, 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 SWARCO REFLEX, LLC. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1988_3180 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millwood, Inc. Sewell 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minco Tool and Mold 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper Georgetown Container 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4176 Greer Sheet Plant 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thermo Fisher Scientific 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6014 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6014 601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Laurens County Government 450 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1130 289 FTE
NAT-TCR 1500 W Loop 340 Waco Tx 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Marmon Aerospace and Defense 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Del Monte Foods 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Marc Glassman Inc 07FL 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway Solutions LLC - Intel Manufacturing - Chandler 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Laurels of GreenTree Ridge 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winco Corporation 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Raleigh North Hills 115 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.