Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors · South Carolina
Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant
Laurens, SC · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.5 to the Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors BLS benchmark of 3.3 (16% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant falls in its industry
93 Caps and gowns, academic, cut establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Trend analysis for Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant
Between 2017 and 2019, Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 1.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 1.6, a spread of 1.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant recorded 1 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1 injuries shown on this page for Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 315210 - Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 122,603 hours worked = 1.63 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant (this establishment) | 0.54 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Cut and sew apparel contractors industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 315210 |
| South Carolina state avg (all industries) | 4.08 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 16% of the Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors benchmark, Jostens - Laurens, SC Plant reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sew apparel contractors sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.