Exterminating services · South Carolina

Palmetto Charleston Branch

Name: Palmetto Charleston Branch Workplace Safety Data
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Charleston, SC · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 14.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palmetto Charleston Branch runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Exterminating services workplace, earning a grade F.

Palmetto Charleston Branch: 14.2 TCR = 316% of Exterminating services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmetto Charleston Branch safety composite

Palmetto Charleston Branch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 14.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Palmetto Charleston Branch: 9.1 → 14.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 17.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2021

Palmetto Charleston Branch's TCR rose 4.9 from 9.1 in 2017 to 14.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561710 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 316% of ind

DART 14.0 DART
RANK #66/67
PHOTO 2288-0437
BOOK 4y book
INJ 31 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2288-0437 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2288-0536

14.5
Branch 109

14.3
This site

14.2
2288-0437

14.2
Moxie Pest Con

13.9

What this shows Palmetto Charleston Branch averages 14.2 TCR (316% of the Exterminating services BLS benchmark).

Palmetto Charleston Branch TCR series: 2017=9.1 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=16.2 · 2021=14 · BLS 4.5

Where Palmetto Charleston Branch falls in its industry

1,655 Exterminating services establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 67 Exterminating services employers in South Carolina.

Palmetto Charleston Branch (56 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Palmetto Charleston Branch has more employees than the Exterminating services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2021	14.0	14.0	7
2020	16.2	5.4	9
2019	17.6	3.5	10
2017	9.1	1.8	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561710 · SC · Charleston

1,655 Exterminating services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in Charleston, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	2288-0437	SAN JOSE, CA	14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Branch 109	MECHANICSBURG, PA	14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2288-0536	SIOUX CITY, IA	14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Moxie Pest Control Atlanta LLC	NORCROSS, GA	13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lockhart Power Company	LOCKHART	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Construction Professionals Inc	MT. PLEASANT	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spartanburg Water Customer Service	SPARTANBURG	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kent Companies South Carolina Office	FORT MILL	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medical University Hospital Authority	Charleston	8,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston	5,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SC-03	Charleston	4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION	Charleston	1,790 FTE
NAT-TCR	Windcrest on Van Dorn	Lincoln, NE	14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dialyze Direct OH, LLC	Valley View, OH	14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Resthaven Maple Woods	Holland, MI	14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-NAI-0034-0034-00776	Manahawkin, NJ	14.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Liberty Utilities Fifth Street	Fall River, MA	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rockwell Roofing, Inc.	Leomonster, MA	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CNY Fabrication LLC	North Syracuse, NY	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	44561f - East Carolina Dc	Hope Mill, NC	56 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.