Vinyl coated fabrics manufacturing · South Carolina
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics
Graniteville, SC · ~80 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vinyl coated fabrics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Vinyl coated fabrics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics safety composite
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.04 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
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics: 3.1 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2024
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics's TCR rose 4.5 from 3.1 in 2017 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 313320 · Graniteville, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Plastatech Engineeri…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~80 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plastatech Engineering, Ltd (0.0 TCR gap)
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Graniteville Specialty Fabrics in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Holliston Hold
Holliston Holdings, LLC
4.9 TCR
- TPI New York
TPI New York
4.9 TCR
- This site
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics
4.8 TCR
- Plastatech Eng
Plastatech Engineering, Ltd
4.8 TCR
- Barrday Compos
Barrday Composite Solutions
4.6 TCR
What this shows Graniteville Specialty Fabrics averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Vinyl coated fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=10.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Graniteville Specialty Fabrics falls in its industry
79 Vinyl coated fabrics manufactu establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Vinyl coated fabrics manufactu employers in South Carolina.
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics has more employees than the Vinyl coated fabrics manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
313320 · SC · Graniteville
79 Vinyl coated fabrics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 15 employers in Graniteville, 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 | Plastatech Engineering, Ltd | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Holliston Holdings, LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TPI New York | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barrday Composite Solutions | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WILLIAMS STEAM PLANT | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NNOB - VC Summer Units 1, 2, 3 | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CHARLESTON GAS OPERATIONS | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Charleston Sewer District | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aiken PSR (BAMG) | 1,577 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aiken - PSR (BAMG) | 1,556 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rolls Royce | 278 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | RMS Aiken | 191 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | C041 Fort Wayne | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frost Building Maintenance, Inc | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilson Machine & Welding, Inc. of Decatur | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bills Superette #8 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | USC High School | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lake Bluff Elementary School | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pacifc International Marketing | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | John Barry School | 80 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.