Correctional institutions · South Carolina

Kirkland Correctional Institution

Columbia, SC · ~354 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Kirkland Correctional Institution runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade D.

Kirkland Correctional Institution: 4.1 TCR = 129% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirkland Correctional Institution safety composite

Kirkland Correctional Institution scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−3.9

2021→2024

Kirkland Correctional Institution injury rate improved

Kirkland Correctional Institution's TCR fell 3.9 from 5.9 in 2021 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.9 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 129% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO ELOY DETENTION
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~354 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ELOY DETENTION (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · South Carolina employers → · Look up another →

Kirkland Correctional Institution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirkland Correctional Institution averages 4.1 TCR (129% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

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

Kirkland Correctional Institution TCR series: 2021=5.9 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.2

Where Kirkland Correctional Institution falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Correctional institutions employers in South Carolina.

Kirkland Correctional Institution (354 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Kirkland Correctional Institution
Kirkland Correctional Institution (354 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Kirkland Correctional Institution has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 2.0 2.0 7 1 0
2023 3.8 3.8 11 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 11 0 0
2021 5.9 1.2 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · SC · Columbia

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 ELOY DETENTION 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR John H. Baker, Jr., Public Safety Center 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sussex II State Prison 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OTAY MESA DETENTION CENTER 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vulcraft South Carolina 354 FTE
STATE-SIZE SKF USA Inc. - Sumter 353 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1359 353 FTE
STATE-SIZE 574 353 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Viamonte 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Machinists, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KROENKE SPORTS HOLDINGS LLC - Ball Arena 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR North Valley, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maple Grove 354 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DTW3 354 FTE
NAT-SIZE William E Groves Construction, LLC 354 FTE
NAT-SIZE TSYS - Columbus North Center 354 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.