Port facility operation · South Carolina
North Charleston Terminal
North Charleston, SC · ~63 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
North Charleston Terminal runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Port facility operation workplace, earning a grade F.
North Charleston Terminal: 10.7 TCR = 237% of Port facility operation BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
North Charleston Terminal safety composite
North Charleston Terminal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 28.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
North Charleston Terminal: 4.6 → 28.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 28.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.71× in 2024
North Charleston Terminal's TCR rose 24.3 from 4.6 in 2018 to 28.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488310 · North Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 237% of ind
- DART 28.9 DART
- RANK #6/7
- PHOTO Ports America Chesap…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ports America Chesapeake - Baltimore Shops (0.2 TCR gap)
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North Charleston Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
North Charleston Terminal
10.7 TCR
- Ports America
Ports America Chesapeake - Baltimore Shops
10.5 TCR
- Regional Boat
Regional Boat Maintenance Center-RBMC
10.3 TCR
- Gateway New Lo
Gateway New London, LLC
10.2 TCR
- PENN Warehousi
PENN Warehousing & Distribution, Inc. (Auto Division)
10.2 TCR
What this shows North Charleston Terminal averages 10.7 TCR (237% of the Port facility operation BLS benchmark).
North Charleston Terminal TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=6.6 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=15.6 · 2024=28.9 · BLS 4.5
Where North Charleston Terminal falls in its industry
81 Port facility operation establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Port facility operation employers in South Carolina.
North Charleston Terminal has more employees than the Port facility operation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488310 · SC · North Charleston
81 Port facility operation 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 | Ports America Chesapeake - Baltimore Shops | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Regional Boat Maintenance Center-RBMC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gateway New London, LLC | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PENN Warehousing & Distribution, Inc. (Auto Division) | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Florence Complex | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenville Resource Center - PNG | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Summerville CPW | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Paragon Sitework Constructors | 63 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 | WAS018 | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXD015 | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jarms Hardware, Inc. | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1074 - Aventura | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sampson Construction - Papillion, NE | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bridges by Epoch at Westford | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Libraries | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Access Senior Home Care, Inc. | 63 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.