Private warehousing and storage, general merchandise · South Carolina

Palmetto Distribution Center

Summerville, SC · ~202 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmetto Distribution Center runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Private warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade A.

Palmetto Distribution Center: 1.3 TCR = 22% of Private warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmetto Distribution Center safety composite

Palmetto Distribution Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.7

2017→2024

Palmetto Distribution Center injury rate improved

Palmetto Distribution Center's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.7 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Summerville, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/160
  • PHOTO Shannon Precision Fa…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~202 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shannon Precision Fastener Distribution & Technical Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmetto Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmetto Distribution Center averages 1.3 TCR (22% of the Private warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

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

Palmetto Distribution Center TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=1 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.8

Where Palmetto Distribution Center falls in its industry

9,477 Private warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 160 Private warehousing and storag employers in South Carolina.

Palmetto Distribution Center (202 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmetto Distribution Center
Palmetto Distribution Center (202 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Palmetto Distribution Center has more employees than the Private warehousing and storage, general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.0 1.4 2 1 0
2021 3.9 2.2 5 2 0
2020 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2018 1.3 1.0 4 0 0
2017 1.7 0.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · SC · Summerville

9,477 Private warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 188 employers in Summerville, 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 Shannon Precision Fastener Distribution & Technical Center 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kontoor Brands 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Hardware 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Distribution Centers LLC-201 SAVANNAH PORTSIDE INTL PKWY 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walter USA, LLC (Walter Sales & Greer Production) 202 FTE
STATE-SIZE C425 Columbia 202 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6353 202 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6091-723 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thorne research - Omni one 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scout Boats, Inc 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summerville Medical Center 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1037 420 FTE
NAT-TCR Bottle Processing 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Corpus Christi TX Terminal 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dufry Cruise Services LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Shannon Precision Fastener Distribution & Technical Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center 202 FTE
NAT-SIZE UN1F1ED2WO 202 FTE
NAT-SIZE Feit Electric Company, Inc. 202 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norwich 202 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. 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.