Medical Transport · South Carolina

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations

Columbia, SC · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations runs at 401% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Medical Transport workplace, earning a grade F.

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations: 15.2 TCR = 401% of Medical Transport BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations safety composite

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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 Health LGA SC Operations: 7.4 → 23.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 23.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2020

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations's TCR rose 15.6 from 7.4 in 2019 to 23.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621910 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 401% of ind

  • DART 21.4 DART
  • RANK #18/18
  • PHOTO Bedford Area Ambulance
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bedford Area Ambulance (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations averages 15.2 TCR (401% of the Medical Transport BLS benchmark).

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

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations TCR series: 2019=7.4 · 2020=23 · BLS 3.8

Where Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations falls in its industry

976 Medical Transport establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.

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 18 Medical Transport employers in South Carolina.

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations (69 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 8.3 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations
Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations (69 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 8.3

Palmetto Health LGA SC Operations has fewer employees than the Medical Transport median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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
2020 23.0 21.4 8 6 0
2019 7.4 4.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621910 · SC · Columbia

976 Medical Transport 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 Bedford Area Ambulance 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifecare Medical Transports 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Humphreys County LGA TN Operations 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Ambulance 15.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pageland Hatchery 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greer Operations Center 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lloyd Roofing 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA SC Spartanburg 69 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 JIT Packaging, Inc. 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Homewood Center 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 150 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bedford Area Ambulance 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kemper Sulphur Facility 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gardner Denver, Inc. Ft. Worth Repair Center 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nursing 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Livermore 69 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: 2020, 2019. 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.