Distribution of electric power · South Carolina

Laurens Electric Cooperative

Laurens, SC · ~152 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Laurens Electric Cooperative runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Laurens Electric Cooperative: 3.8 TCR = 316% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laurens Electric Cooperative safety composite

Laurens Electric Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

Laurens Electric Cooperative: 2.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Laurens Electric Cooperative's TCR rose 3.8 from 2.0 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Laurens, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 316% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #74/86
  • PHOTO hollandale
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: hollandale (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laurens Electric Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Laurens Electric Cooperative averages 3.8 TCR (316% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Laurens Electric Cooperative TCR series: 2022=2 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Laurens Electric Cooperative falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #74 safest of 86 Distribution of electric power employers in South Carolina.

Laurens Electric Cooperative (152 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Laurens Electric Cooperative
Laurens Electric Cooperative (152 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Laurens Electric Cooperative has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 5.8 1.3 8 1 0
2023 3.5 2.1 4 1 0
2022 2.0 0.7 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · SC · Laurens

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 34 employers in Laurens, 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 hollandale 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Department of Public Utilities - Electric 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eversource - Hooksett Legends Drive 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santee Electric Cooperative, Inc. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE IES Commercial Inc - Greenville 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia Plant 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1776 LOWE S OF YORK SC 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2920 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6014 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6014 601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Laurens County Government 450 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1130 289 FTE
NAT-TCR Mosaic-Living Innovations-Newport 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Galaxy Tucson LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodland Elementary School 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE HellermannTyton RV 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dynamic Metals Goup 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - ExxonMobil Refinery-Baton Rouge 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kennedy Mechanical Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 152 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.