Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing · South Carolina

LaserForm

Columbia, SC · ~98 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LaserForm runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

LaserForm: 5.8 TCR = 176% of Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LaserForm safety composite

LaserForm scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

LaserForm: 3.1 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2023

LaserForm's TCR rose 5.5 from 3.1 in 2022 to 8.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 176% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO General Stamping and…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: General Stamping and Metal Works Tomah (0.0 TCR gap)

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LaserForm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LaserForm averages 5.8 TCR (176% of the Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

LaserForm TCR series: 2022=3.1 · 2023=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where LaserForm falls in its industry

449 Airlocks, fabricated metal pla establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Airlocks, fabricated metal pla employers in South Carolina.

LaserForm (98 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate LaserForm
LaserForm (98 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

LaserForm has more employees than the Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 8.6 3.9 11 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · SC · Columbia

449 Airlocks, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing 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 General Stamping and Metal Works Tomah 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ci Metal Fabrication 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cupples J & J Co. Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bloomer Machine & Fab Inc 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Bethune 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE JIPSD 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concept Packaging Group 1 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE allnex USA, Inc. 98 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 Countryside Fire Protection District 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AWP-Jacksonburg 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5334 Hamilton, NJ 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Baker McMillen - Stow 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ITW Dahti Seating 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Middlesex Nc 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE GS II, Inc 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office - 01 98 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.

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

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