Hospitals, general medical and surgical · South Carolina

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab

Camden, SC · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hospitals, general medical and surgical workplace, earning a grade A.

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab: 1.4 TCR = 19% of Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS 7.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab safety composite

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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 Richland - Kershaw Lab held a steady TCR band

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Camden, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/95
  • PHOTO Floyd Cherokee Medic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Floyd Cherokee Medical Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab averages 1.4 TCR (19% of the Hospitals, general medical and surgical BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 7.5

Where Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab falls in its industry

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and establishments

Safer than 93% 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 #3 safest of 95 Hospitals, general medical and employers in South Carolina.

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab (32 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Richland - Kershaw Lab
Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab (32 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Palmetto Health Richland - Kershaw Lab has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · SC · Camden

6,862 Hospitals, general medical and surgical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 52 employers in Camden, 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 Floyd Cherokee Medical Center 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TXAUS31 ASCENSION SETON EDGAR B DAVIS HOSP 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2032-18618151 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2252-00000737 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE PINEHAVEN_1377567 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heating and Cooling 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Everris NA - North Charleston 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE District Support and Operations Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR MUSC Health Kershaw 2,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kershaw County School District 1,570 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kershaw County Government 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kershaw Health Hospital 663 FTE
NAT-TCR DBA Ashley Furniture Homestores- Santa Clarita 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CA311A 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Basket #7 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham - 3645 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE JI&M AutoShred of Louisiana 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Visiting Nurse Association 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bayside Marketplace 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE PnP Dallas West 32 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.