Acetylene manufacturing · South Carolina

HGI Spartanburg

Spartanburg, SC · ~18 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HGI Spartanburg runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Acetylene manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

HGI Spartanburg: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Acetylene manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HGI Spartanburg safety composite

HGI Spartanburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

HGI Spartanburg: 0.0 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.08× in 2024

HGI Spartanburg's TCR rose 8.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 8.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325120 · Spartanburg, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO Linde - Catano, PR
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Linde - Catano, PR (0.0 TCR gap)

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HGI Spartanburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HGI Spartanburg averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Acetylene manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HGI Spartanburg TCR series: 2017=0 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3

Where HGI Spartanburg falls in its industry

295 Acetylene manufacturing establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
HGI Spartanburg (18 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 020406080100120 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HGI Spartanburg
HGI Spartanburg (18 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

HGI Spartanburg has fewer employees than the Acetylene manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 8.7 8.7 2 0 0
2023 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.2 6.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325120 · SC · Spartanburg

295 Acetylene manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 294 employers in Spartanburg, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Linde - Catano, PR 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOLSTON GASES # 21 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waverly Packaged Gas Plant 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville Packaging 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE JOHNSTON DISTRICT OFFICE 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerville District Office (Gas/Fleet) 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lowcountry Regional Water System 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE GreenWood, Inc. - FijiFilm 3PG - FPG 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR SPARTANBURG FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg Medical Center 5,386 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg County 1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg County Government 1,561 FTE
NAT-TCR EMC office/shop 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 077/Milwaukee 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnot Ogden Medical Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Bulk Commodities LLC 4.2 TCR

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, 2020, 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.