Crossties, treating · South Carolina

Koppers Florence

Florence, SC · ~74 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Koppers Florence runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Crossties, treating workplace, earning a grade D.

Koppers Florence: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Crossties, treating BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koppers Florence safety composite

Koppers Florence scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Koppers Florence injury rate improved

Koppers Florence's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.1 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321114 · Florence, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO CFP Arbuckle
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CFP Arbuckle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Koppers Florence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Koppers Florence averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Crossties, treating BLS benchmark).

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

Koppers Florence TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Koppers Florence falls in its industry

183 Crossties, treating establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Crossties, treating employers in South Carolina.

Koppers Florence (74 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Koppers Florence
Koppers Florence (74 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Koppers Florence has more employees than the Crossties, treating median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 2.1 0.0 2 0 0
2023 2.7 0.9 3 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 3.3 0.0 3 0 0
2020 5.9 0.0 4 1 0
2019 3.6 2.4 3 0 0
2018 4.1 1.4 3 0 0
2017 11.7 7.8 8 1 0
2016 3.1 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321114 · SC · Florence

183 Crossties, treating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 208 employers in Florence, 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 CFP Arbuckle 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cox Industries-Corporate 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4005 - Eau Claire Treating Plant 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cox Wood of Alabama 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Group Inc GE 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. Davis Construction 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spann Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Branch 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLeod Regional Medical Center 3,889 FTE
CITY-NEAR MCLEOD REG MED CTR OF PEE DEE MH101 3,883 FTE
CITY-NEAR MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES MH104 1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLeod Physician Associates II 1,386 FTE
NAT-TCR CLARO / PRT - Cayey CO 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Legend at Rivendell 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Haynes Electric Utility 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodfield Mall 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rotterdam Freezer 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlie C's IGA #880 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summers Manufacturing Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hester Decorating Co., Inc. 74 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, 2020, 2019, 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.