Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing · South Carolina

Orangeburg - Compound Plant

Orangeburg, SC · ~45 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orangeburg - Compound Plant runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Orangeburg - Compound Plant: 5.7 TCR = 174% of Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orangeburg - Compound Plant safety composite

Orangeburg - Compound Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Orangeburg - Compound Plant: 0.0 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024

Orangeburg - Compound Plant's TCR rose 5.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Orangeburg, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 174% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P20
  • PHOTO Urethane Innovators,…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Urethane Innovators, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orangeburg - Compound Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orangeburg - Compound Plant averages 5.7 TCR (174% of the Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Orangeburg - Compound Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Orangeburg - Compound Plant falls in its industry

90 Ethylene-propylene rubber manu establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Orangeburg - Compound Plant (45 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Orangeburg - Compound Plant
Orangeburg - Compound Plant (45 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Orangeburg - Compound Plant has fewer employees than the Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2024 5.2 3.4 3 0 0
2023 7.9 3.9 3 1 0
2022 10.4 10.4 5 0 0
2021 13.2 4.4 2 4 0
2020 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.3 0.0 0 1 0
2018 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 7.8 0.0 0 3 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · SC · Orangeburg

90 Ethylene-propylene rubber manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 79 employers in Orangeburg, 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 Urethane Innovators, Inc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Globe Composite Solutions, LLC 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roho Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chardon Custom Polymers LLC 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CBG, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palmetto State Glass 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE US176: Columbia 216 - SG 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 36 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Medical Center 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products 1,287 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Regional Medical Center 1,209 FTE
CITY-NEAR MUSC Health Orangeburg 1,155 FTE
NAT-TCR Edgerton, Kansas 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rheocast Company 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Vermillion Convalescent Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jasper Rubber Products 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Des Moines 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Headquarters 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Donora 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iberia plant 45 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.