Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services · South Carolina

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG

Mountville, SC · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG runs at 602% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG: 3.0 TCR = 602% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG safety composite

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.2

2017→2020

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG injury rate improved

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG's TCR fell 7.2 from 7.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Mountville, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.0 · 602% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P16
  • PHOTO DAS Clinton, WI
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DAS Clinton, WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG averages 3.0 TCR (602% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG (40 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG
Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG (40 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.8 0.0 1 1 0
2017 7.2 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · SC · Mountville

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 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 DAS Clinton, WI 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marine Biological Laboratory 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Log Creek Thinning Inc 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Region Complex (Florence) 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEC Main Location 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sands Building Group 40 FTE
NAT-TCR Davidson Trucking, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc. - Holliston 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Food Systems Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 880 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Le Center Agronomy 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andersons Walton Plant Nutrient 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwind Farms 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Grand Rapids 40 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.