Grocery stores · South Carolina

gaston iga

Gaston, SC · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

gaston iga runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

gaston iga: 3.2 TCR = 93% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

gaston iga safety composite

gaston iga scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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)
C 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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: 0.0 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2019

gaston iga's TCR rose 9.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Gaston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 93% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #317/789
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 097
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 097 (0.0 TCR gap)

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gaston iga in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows gaston iga averages 3.2 TCR (93% 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 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3 · 2019=9.7 · BLS 3.4

Where gaston iga falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #317 safest of 789 Grocery stores employers in South Carolina.

gaston iga (45 employees, TCR 3.2) 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
gaston iga (45 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

gaston iga 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
2019 9.7 3.2 3 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 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 The Fresh Market 097 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairfax 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0209 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0626 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CBG, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palmetto State Glass 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE US176: Columbia 216 - SG 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 36 45 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 Human Resources Department 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2029 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0654 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 346 - Aurora East 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4039-03368100-00W023 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal CT - Utica CT 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belleville, PA 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE The McClatchy Company 45 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: 2019, 2018, 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.