Employer · South Carolina

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T

Charleston, SC · ~44 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T: 5.5 TCR = 121% of industry BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T safety composite

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T: 4.6 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T's TCR rose 2.0 from 4.6 in 2018 to 6.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 121% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #60/72
  • PHOTO Springhill Suites Ch…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Springhill Suites Chicago Chinatown (0.0 TCR gap)

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Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T averages 5.5 TCR (121% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=6.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T falls in its industry

4,064 industry establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 72 industry employers in South Carolina.

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T (44 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T
Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T (44 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Medical Univ. of SC/Rutledge T has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2023 6.6 0.0 3 0 0
2022 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2021 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2020 7.8 7.8 3 0 0
2019 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2018 4.6 4.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · SC · Charleston

4,064 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in 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 Springhill Suites Chicago Chinatown 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakewood Regional Medical Cent 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fayette Janitorial LLC - AL Schutzman Waukegan 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bureau of Engraving and Printing 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-26 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lee Steam Station 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Marion Maintenance 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE METRO COLUMBIA CREW QUARTERS 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University Hospital Authority 8,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical University of South Carolina 5,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-03 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION 1,790 FTE
NAT-TCR Google Rails 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Winston Medical Center 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Klocke of America Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Griffith Rubber Mills 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Buckeye Un High SD* 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Great Lakes : SVC-Flint MI USA 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parts Authority Queens Village 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal Creamery, Inc. Hayward 44 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.