ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair · South Carolina

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston

North Charleston, SC · ~54 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair workplace, earning a grade B.

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston: 1.8 TCR = 65% of ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston safety composite

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.8

2017→2024

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston injury rate improved

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · North Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Trinity Door Systems
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trinity Door Systems (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otis Elevator Company-Charleston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otis Elevator Company-Charleston averages 1.8 TCR (65% of the ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair BLS benchmark).

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

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Otis Elevator Company-Charleston falls in its industry

1,138 ElevatorEscalator-Installation establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 ElevatorEscalator-Installation employers in South Carolina.

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston (54 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Otis Elevator Company-Charleston
Otis Elevator Company-Charleston (54 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Otis Elevator Company-Charleston has more employees than the ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Moderniza median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2017 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · SC · North Charleston

1,138 ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair 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 Trinity Door Systems 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wright Industrial Group, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TK Elevator Minneapolis 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Suburbs 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Don Moorhead Construction, Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE KENTWOOL 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA SC Summerville Plant 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duncan Medical 54 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 Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Suburbs 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Adco Installers LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GTS Kirkland 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amherst Label Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Manhattan Empire State Building 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clovis Glass Co., Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Structure Group LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vallourec Star 54 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, 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.