Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Gerber Childrenswear

Summerville, SC · ~199 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gerber Childrenswear runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Gerber Childrenswear: 1.2 TCR = 55% of Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerber Childrenswear safety composite

Gerber Childrenswear scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−1.8

2017→2019

Gerber Childrenswear injury rate improved

Gerber Childrenswear's TCR fell 1.8 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424310 · Summerville, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK P76
  • PHOTO MV Sports/ The Game
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~199 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MV Sports/ The Game (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gerber Childrenswear in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gerber Childrenswear averages 1.2 TCR (55% of the Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Gerber Childrenswear TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Gerber Childrenswear falls in its industry

45 Apparel trimmings merchant who establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Gerber Childrenswear (199 employees, TCR 1.2) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gerber Childrenswear
Gerber Childrenswear (199 employees, TCR 1.2) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Gerber Childrenswear has more employees than the Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers median and a lower 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
2019 0.3 0.3 6 0 0
2018 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424310 · SC · Summerville

45 Apparel trimmings merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 188 employers in Summerville, 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 MV Sports/ The Game 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shalom Int'l New Jersey DC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Douglass Industries, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR COASTWIDE TAG AND LABEL CO., INC 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BEC- Moncks Corner Facility 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orangeburg Department of Public Utilities 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston HQ install 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thorne research - Omni one 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scout Boats, Inc 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summerville Medical Center 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1037 420 FTE
NAT-TCR Compression Technologies and Services : SVC-Davidson-RTC USA 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CA - Disney / Ergotron (Formerly CA Commercial) 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TX - Boeing (Kitting) 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Supply Chain : McAllen, TX 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 8451 Pearl Street Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Vibra Hospital of Denver 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neighborhood Visiting Nurses Association 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central District 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics 199 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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