Softwood distillates manufacturing · South Carolina
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant
Charleston, SC · ~199 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Softwood distillates manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Softwood distillates manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant safety composite
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 0.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% 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
−0.9
2017→2024
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant injury rate improved
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.4 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.4 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325194 · Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK P72
- PHOTO Savannah Manufacturing
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~199 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Savannah Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kingsford Mfg
Kingsford Mfg
1.1 TCR
- Royal Oak Ente
Royal Oak Enterprises Birmingham LLC
1.1 TCR
- This site
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant
1 TCR
- Savannah Manuf
Savannah Manufacturing
1 TCR
- Burnside
Burnside
0.9 TCR
What this shows Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Softwood distillates manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant falls in its industry
58 Softwood distillates manufactu establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Ingevity SC, LLC - Charleston Chemical Plant has more employees than the Softwood distillates manufacturing median and a lower 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325194 · SC · Charleston
58 Softwood distillates manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in Charleston, 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 | Savannah Manufacturing | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kingsford Mfg | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Burnside | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Royal Oak Enterprises Birmingham LLC | 1.1 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 | Zeus Columbia | 199 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medical University Hospital Authority | 8,204 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medical University of South Carolina | 5,881 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC-03 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION | 1,790 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Menasha Packaging Company - Minooka | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ek Plumbing | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oleson's Food Store 606 | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spindle Cooling & Warehousing, LLC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Papa Cantella's Inc. | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meadville Medical Center Grove Street | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roncelli Inc. | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 500 Office Center Drive, Ste 100 | 199 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.