Water supply systems · South Carolina

Lowcountry Regional Water System

Hampton, SC · ~18 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowcountry Regional Water System runs at 678% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Lowcountry Regional Water System: 8.1 TCR = 678% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowcountry Regional Water System safety composite

Lowcountry Regional Water System scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−18.5

2017→2024

Lowcountry Regional Water System injury rate improved

Lowcountry Regional Water System's TCR fell 18.5 from 18.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=13.0 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Hampton, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 678% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/20
  • PHOTO Kitsap Public Utilit…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kitsap Public Utility #1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowcountry Regional Water System in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowcountry Regional Water System averages 8.1 TCR (678% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Lowcountry Regional Water System TCR series: 2017=18.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=13 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Lowcountry Regional Water System falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 20 Water supply systems employers in South Carolina.

Lowcountry Regional Water System (18 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lowcountry Regional Water System
Lowcountry Regional Water System (18 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Lowcountry Regional Water System has fewer employees than the Water supply systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 6.1 0.0 0 1 0
2022 14.6 14.6 2 0 0
2021 13.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 6.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.4 0.0 0 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 18.5 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · SC · Hampton

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 12 employers in Hampton, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Kitsap Public Utility #1 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mukilteo Water and Wastewater District 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesa Water District 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Melrose Park 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE JOHNSTON DISTRICT OFFICE 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerville District Office (Gas/Fleet) 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE GreenWood, Inc. - FijiFilm 3PG - FPG 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE M. B. Kahn Kahn Corporation Division 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bt Deloach Building 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02221 - Store #2221 Hampton 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2221 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1808-00030103-05712 67 FTE
NAT-TCR Anawalt Lumber-Highland 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Springtree Rehabilitation and Health Care Center 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Birch Bay Retirement Village 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Advance Ready Mix Concrete, Inc Plant 2 8.1 TCR

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. 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.