Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture · South Carolina

Mercedes-Benz Vans

Ladson, SC · ~1,722 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mercedes-Benz Vans runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture workplace, earning a grade D.

Mercedes-Benz Vans: 5.6 TCR = 169% of Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mercedes-Benz Vans safety composite

Mercedes-Benz Vans scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−2.2

2018→2022

Mercedes-Benz Vans injury rate improved

Mercedes-Benz Vans's TCR fell 2.2 from 6.4 in 2018 to 4.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.4 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336112 · Ladson, SC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 169% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P47
  • PHOTO Aftermarket Fulfillm…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 384 inj
  • SIZE ~1,722 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aftermarket Fulfillment and Training Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mercedes-Benz Vans in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mercedes-Benz Vans averages 5.6 TCR (169% of the Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture BLS benchmark).

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

Mercedes-Benz Vans TCR series: 2018=6.4 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Mercedes-Benz Vans falls in its industry

34 Assembly plants, light trucks establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Mercedes-Benz Vans (1,722 employees, TCR 5.6) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 4,257 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 22 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mercedes-Benz Vans
Mercedes-Benz Vans (1,722 employees, TCR 5.6) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 4,257 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Mercedes-Benz Vans has fewer employees than the Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2022 4.1 2.1 66 0 0
2021 3.1 1.4 48 0 0
2020 6.4 5.1 96 0 0
2019 7.9 6.3 127 0 0
2018 6.4 4.7 47 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336112 · SC · Ladson

34 Assembly plants, light trucks on chassis of own manufacture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ladson, 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 Aftermarket Fulfillment and Training Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GM Flint Truck Assembly 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Liberty Automobile Plant 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Charleston 1,715 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercedez-Benz Vans LLC 1,709 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michelin North America, Inc. - Corporate Site 1,709 FTE
STATE-SIZE Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC 1,698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holset Palmetto Plant 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Turbo Technologies 633 FTE
CITY-NEAR IFA-Rotorion 597 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schnellecke Logistics South Carolina, LLC 388 FTE
NAT-TCR DTM Massman 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ALN-ODFL 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresh Ideas Management- Park University 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Holy Cross Hospital Health Center (Gaithersburg) 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3840 - UDC-Rialto 1,722 FTE
NAT-SIZE AdventHealth Ocala 1,722 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin City Staffing-MN 1,723 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holy Spirit Hospital 1,723 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: 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.