Steel merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Jemison Metals - Sumter

Name: Jemison Metals - Sumter Workplace Safety Data
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Sumter, SC · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Jemison Metals - Sumter runs at 276% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Jemison Metals - Sumter: 6.1 TCR = 276% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jemison Metals - Sumter safety composite

Jemison Metals - Sumter scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Jemison Metals - Sumter: 3.2 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2023

Jemison Metals - Sumter's TCR rose 5.8 from 3.2 in 2022 to 9.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Sumter, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 276% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #11/18
PHOTO Boyd Metals of Fort …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Target Steel G

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Ryerson Lancas

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DS Pipe and St

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What this shows Jemison Metals - Sumter averages 6.1 TCR (276% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Jemison Metals - Sumter TCR series: 2022=3.2 · 2023=9 · BLS 2.2

Where Jemison Metals - Sumter falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in South Carolina.

Jemison Metals - Sumter (31 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Jemison Metals - Sumter has fewer employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2023	9.0	3.0	3	0	0
2022	3.2	3.2	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · SC · Sumter

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Boyd Metals of Fort Smith, Arkansas	FORT SMITH, AR	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Target Steel GB	GIBRALTAR, MI	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ryerson Lancaster	LANCASTER, NY	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DS Pipe and Steel	BALTIMORE, MD	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SC Operations	SUMTER	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc.	ABBEVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GreenWood, Inc. - GE Gas Turbine	GREENVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spartanburg Wastewater Treatment Plant	SPARTANBURG	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Thompson Construction Group	Sumter	2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prisma Health Tuomey	Sumter	1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sumter Utilities, Inc.	Sumter	1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant	Sumter	1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sage International DBA Jayco Manufacturing	Grand Prairie, TX	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Selmax Corporation	Selinsgrove, PA	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Baronet Coffee, Inc.	Windsor, CT	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Van Doren Sales, Inc.	East Wenatchee, WA	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ctp - Langley Afb, Va	Langley Afb, VA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Cleveland 17700	Cleveland, TN	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mothership Glass LLC	Bellingham, WA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Triangle Services - Boston Area Janitorial Route	Boston, MA	31 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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