Pallet Wood Plant · South Carolina

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372

Orangeburg, SC · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pallet Wood Plant workplace, earning a grade D.

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Pallet Wood Plant BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 safety composite

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.2

2023→2024

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 injury rate improved

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372's TCR fell 1.2 from 6.8 in 2023 to 5.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.8 · 2024=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Orangeburg, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO BW-FL-BARTOW
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BW-FL-BARTOW (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Pallet Wood Plant BLS benchmark).

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

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 TCR series: 2023=6.8 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 falls in its industry

952 Pallet Wood Plant establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Pallet Wood Plant employers in South Carolina.

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 (38 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372
Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 (38 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Orangeburg,SC 48Forty Plant - 372 has fewer employees than the Pallet Wood Plant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2023 6.8 6.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · SC · Orangeburg

952 Pallet Wood Plant 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 BW-FL-BARTOW 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PALLET MILL 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tree Brand Packaging- SC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SL-AL-SELMA 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Anderson 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Titan Orchard Management 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOREROOM OPERATIONS CENTER 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fleet/Radio (Columbia) 38 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 American Wood Fibers 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Zanesville 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR StandFast Group LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR south valley care center 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chicago Central IL - Plant - 339 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norton Sons Roofing 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ironwood Plastics 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Van Industries Inc 38 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. 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.