Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · South Carolina

Nephron Pharmaceuticals

West Columbia, SC · ~743 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nephron Pharmaceuticals runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nephron Pharmaceuticals safety composite

Nephron Pharmaceuticals scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−3.0

2016→2023

Nephron Pharmaceuticals injury rate improved

Nephron Pharmaceuticals's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2023=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · West Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #5/17
  • PHOTO Berkeley, CA
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~743 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berkeley, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nephron Pharmaceuticals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nephron Pharmaceuticals averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nephron Pharmaceuticals TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=0 · 2023=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Nephron Pharmaceuticals falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in South Carolina.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals (743 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nephron Pharmaceuticals
Nephron Pharmaceuticals (743 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Nephron Pharmaceuticals has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.7 0.7 6 3 0
2020 0.0 0.0 8 8 0
2018 1.4 1.2 11 2 0
2017 0.8 0.8 3 0 0
2016 3.7 2.8 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · SC · West Columbia

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Columbia, 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 Berkeley, CA 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR G&W Laboratories, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meridian Medical Technologies 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland, MS 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GREER MEDICAL CAMPUS 743 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Paper Mill 744 FTE
STATE-SIZE OpSource 745 FTE
STATE-SIZE ADUSA Dist DC 5 Mauldin SC 748 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Medical Center 4,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-02 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1 2,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1 2,722 FTE
NAT-TCR Orbix dba Petol Gearench 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Lake City 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pair Gain Communications Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Olivo's Perfect Printing, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA029 743 FTE
NAT-SIZE Health and Human Services 743 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZOKP 743 FTE
NAT-SIZE Admin 743 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, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.