Tapes, varnished and coated (except magnetic), made from purchased fabric · South Carolina

IPG- Blythewood

Blythewood, SC · ~150 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IPG- Blythewood runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tapes, varnished and coated (except magnetic), made from purchased fabric workplace, earning a grade B.

IPG- Blythewood: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Tapes, varnished and coated (except magnetic), made from purchased fabric BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IPG- Blythewood safety composite

IPG- Blythewood 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−1.9

2016→2019

IPG- Blythewood injury rate improved

IPG- Blythewood's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.6 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=2.8 · 2019=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313320 · Blythewood, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Seaman Corporation -…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seaman Corporation - Plant 2 (0.1 TCR gap)

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IPG- Blythewood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IPG- Blythewood averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Tapes, varnished and coated (except magnetic), made from purchased fabric BLS benchmark).

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

IPG- Blythewood TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.8 · 2019=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where IPG- Blythewood falls in its industry

79 Tapes, varnished and coated (e establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Tapes, varnished and coated (e employers in South Carolina.

IPG- Blythewood (150 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IPG- Blythewood
IPG- Blythewood (150 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.5

IPG- Blythewood has more employees than the Tapes, varnished and coated (except magn median and a lower 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
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2016 2.6 2.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313320 · SC · Blythewood

79 Tapes, varnished and coated (except magnetic), made from purchased fabric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 36 employers in Blythewood, 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 Seaman Corporation - Plant 2 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiber-Line Hatfield 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BioThane Coated Webbing Corporation HQ2 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR El PASO LAMINATION LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE BU 530 BLYTHE CONSTRUCTION COLUMBIA 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE DCL Corporation (BP), LLC 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3D Systems - Marine Drive 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Public Safety - All Divisions 1,348 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol 890 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koyo Richland Plant 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR JTEKT North America 447 FTE
NAT-TCR Advance Sign Group 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Headquarters 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Builders Choice Concrete- St. Joe 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 257 - Bloomington-MN 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE United States Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Project 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penn Center Inc 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Revision Military 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armstrong Hilliard Plant 150 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, 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.