Hospitals, general medical and surgical · South Carolina

Palmetto Health Baptist

Columbia, SC · ~2,617 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmetto Health Baptist runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade A.

Palmetto Health Baptist: 3.5 TCR = 46% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmetto Health Baptist safety composite

Palmetto Health Baptist scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Palmetto Health Baptist held a steady TCR band

Palmetto Health Baptist's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.9 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 3.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #18/95
  • PHOTO AdventHealth Lake Pl…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 183 inj
  • SIZE ~2,617 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AdventHealth Lake Placid (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmetto Health Baptist in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmetto Health Baptist averages 3.5 TCR (46% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

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

Palmetto Health Baptist TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.6 · BLS 7.5

Where Palmetto Health Baptist falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 95 Hospitals, general medical and employers in South Carolina.

Palmetto Health Baptist (2,617 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmetto Health Baptist
Palmetto Health Baptist (2,617 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Palmetto Health Baptist has more employees than the Hospitals, general medical and surgical median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2019 3.6 1.4 72 2 0
2018 2.9 1.4 45 0 0
2017 3.9 1.6 66 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · SC · Columbia

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 AdventHealth Lake Placid 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Medical Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baptist Health Medical Center - Arkadelphia 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conway Regional Health System 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Horry County Government 2,603 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston County 2,601 FTE
STATE-SIZE ZF Transmissions Gray Court 2,672 FTE
STATE-SIZE GSC : Greenville, SC, USA 2,673 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR ArtFX Concord 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cincinnati - 170 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Morningside of Riverchase 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver Service Center, CO 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southwest General 2,617 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6935-PO-POLICE 2,618 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohtra - Columbus 2,615 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parent/Research - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 2,615 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: 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.