Public School District · South Carolina

Matilda F Dunston Elementary

North Charleston, SC · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matilda F Dunston Elementary runs at 254% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public School District workplace, earning a grade F.

Matilda F Dunston Elementary: 3.6 TCR = 254% of Public School District BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matilda F Dunston Elementary safety composite

Matilda F Dunston Elementary scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Matilda F Dunston Elementary: 2.5 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

Matilda F Dunston Elementary's TCR rose 2.2 from 2.5 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · North Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.6 · 254% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #62/129
  • PHOTO Fisher Public School
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fisher Public School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Matilda F Dunston Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matilda F Dunston Elementary averages 3.6 TCR (254% of the Public School District BLS benchmark).

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

Matilda F Dunston Elementary TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Matilda F Dunston Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 Public School District establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 129 Public School District employers in South Carolina.

Matilda F Dunston Elementary (65 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Matilda F Dunston Elementary
Matilda F Dunston Elementary (65 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Matilda F Dunston Elementary has fewer employees than the Public School District median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · SC · North Charleston

3,374 Public School District employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 256 employers in North Charleston, 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 Fisher Public School 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roosevelt Middle 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hopeville Elementary School 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plainville Community Schools Toffolon Elementary School 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Hilton Head Savannah 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Contracting LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Engineering & Construction, LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE E A Sween Company-Hodges 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston County 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Goodwill Services 1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trident Medical Center 1,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRC Charleston ISS Division 815 FTE
NAT-TCR Path Light Consulting, LLC. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Portland Embassy Suites 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield University Plaza 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Scotts Company - Rochester 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phil's BBQ of Temecula Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Britain 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amtech Elevator Company-Anaheim 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Helia Healthcare of Energy 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.