Grocery stores · South Carolina

Gaston IGA #634

Gaston, SC · ~46 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gaston IGA #634 runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Gaston IGA #634: 4.2 TCR = 125% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gaston IGA #634 safety composite

Gaston IGA #634 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Gaston IGA #634: 0.0 → 13.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2024

Gaston IGA #634's TCR rose 13.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 13.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Gaston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #480/789
  • PHOTO Carlie C's IGA #770
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carlie C's IGA #770 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gaston IGA #634 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gaston IGA #634 averages 4.2 TCR (125% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Gaston IGA #634 TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4 · 2024=13 · BLS 3.4

Where Gaston IGA #634 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #480 safest of 789 Grocery stores employers in South Carolina.

Gaston IGA #634 (46 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gaston IGA #634
Gaston IGA #634 (46 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Gaston IGA #634 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 13.0 4.3 3 0 0
2023 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · SC · Gaston

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 32 employers in Gaston, 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 Carlie C's IGA #770 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 951DSM 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piggly Wiggly 157 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0031 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Group Inc Caterpillar Pin 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mitchell Brothers, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Horizon LLC 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regional Utility Services 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Private Residence Gaston SC 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alpek Polyester USA, LLC-Columbia Site 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR DAK Americas, LLC-Columbia Site 495 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stier Supply Co. 286 FTE
NAT-TCR 1002 - East Peoria, IL 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 951DSM 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0031 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0728 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Axium Ontario 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE 131-NiSource-Gahanna OH-Eastgate MOD 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE 202-NiSource-Staunton VA 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Align Production Systems 46 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, 2021. 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.