Exterminating services · South Carolina
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch
Charleston, SC · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Exterminating services workplace, earning a grade F.
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch: 12.9 TCR = 288% of Exterminating services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch safety composite
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−12.7
2022→2024
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch injury rate improved
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch's TCR fell 12.7 from 18.4 in 2022 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=18.4 · 2023=14.8 · 2024=5.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561710 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 288% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #64/67
- PHOTO 2288-0866
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~56 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 2288-0866 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 2288-0433
2288-0433
13 TCR
- Active Pest Co
Active Pest Control
13 TCR
- This site
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch
12.9 TCR
- 2288-0866
2288-0866
12.9 TCR
- TMX2059 - DE
TMX2059 - DENVER
12.9 TCR
What this shows Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch averages 12.9 TCR (288% of the Exterminating services BLS benchmark).
Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch TCR series: 2022=18.4 · 2023=14.8 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Palmetto Exterminators - Charleston Branch falls in its industry
1,655 Exterminating services establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 67 Exterminating services employers in South Carolina.
Palmetto Exterminators - 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.8 | 7.4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 18.4 | 10.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | 2288-0866 | 12.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2288-0433 | 13.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TMX2059 - DENVER | 12.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Active Pest Control | 13.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lockhart Power Company | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Construction Professionals Inc | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spartanburg Water Customer Service | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kent Companies South Carolina Office | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medical University Hospital Authority | 8,204 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medical University of South Carolina | 5,881 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC-03 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION | 1,790 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | B & B Tx Logistics Inc. | 12.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arizona Tile- Seattle | 12.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nyfos - Foster Ave | 12.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nijiya Market - MV | 12.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Austin CS Alaska | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Salford BBI Inc | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JCJ Painting Services INC dba JCJ Transport | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NHBlacklabs Delivery LLC | 56 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.