Employer · South Carolina

Kershaw Oilseeds

Kershaw, SC · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kershaw Oilseeds runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Kershaw Oilseeds: 1.3 TCR = 41% of industry BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kershaw Oilseeds safety composite

Kershaw Oilseeds scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.8

2016→2024

Kershaw Oilseeds injury rate improved

Kershaw Oilseeds's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311224 · Kershaw, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P80
  • PHOTO Cargill Agricultural…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - West Fargo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kershaw Oilseeds in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kershaw Oilseeds averages 1.3 TCR (41% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Kershaw Oilseeds TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kershaw Oilseeds falls in its industry

146 industry establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kershaw Oilseeds (44 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kershaw Oilseeds
Kershaw Oilseeds (44 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Kershaw Oilseeds has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311224 · SC · Kershaw

146 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 6 employers in Kershaw, 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 Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - West Fargo 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bean Mill Plant 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Sioux City Facility 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Bloomington 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-26 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lee Steam Station 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Marion Maintenance 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE METRO COLUMBIA CREW QUARTERS 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kershaw IGA #645 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR kershaw iga 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kershaw Facility 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR KERSHAW_1368944 22 FTE
NAT-TCR 1679 TGIF Williamsport 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Materion - Westford - Tyngsboro 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Eldec Aerospace Corp. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudsonville Ice Cream 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blakely Golden Peanut Oilseed 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fayette Janitorial LLC- Golden State 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Original Kevin Guidry Produce Market 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE MS Museum of Art 44 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.