Day care centers, adult · South Carolina

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington

Name: Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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W Columbia, SC · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Day care centers, adult workplace, earning a grade D.

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington: 6.7 TCR = 176% of Day care centers, adult BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington safety composite

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.2

2017→2019

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington injury rate improved

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington's TCR fell 4.2 from 9.4 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.4 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624120 · W Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 176% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #8/11
PHOTO Greater Lynn Senior …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greater Lynn Senior Services, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington averages 6.7 TCR (176% of the Day care centers, adult BLS benchmark).

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington TCR series: 2017=9.4 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington falls in its industry

1,320 Day care centers, adult establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Day care centers, adult employers in South Carolina.

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington (31 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Palmetto Health Richland - PSC Lexington has fewer employees than the Day care centers, adult median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019	5.3	5.3	1
2018	5.3	5.3	1
2017	9.4	4.7	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624120 · SC · W Columbia

1,320 Day care centers, adult employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in W Columbia, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Greater Lynn Senior Services, Inc	LYNN, MA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Visiting Angels	EAST STROUDSBURG, PA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morris Street Day Habilitation Center	WEBSTER, MA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Community Options San Antonio TX	SAN ANTONIO, TX	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SC Operations	SUMTER	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc.	ABBEVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GreenWood, Inc. - GE Gas Turbine	GREENVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spartanburg Wastewater Treatment Plant	SPARTANBURG	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbia	W Columbia	155 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holland - CB	W Columbia	140 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TCW INC- COL	W Columbia	54 FTE
CITY-NEAR	US - Branch Network : 0168	W Columbia	33 FTE
NAT-TCR	EAP Glass	Golden, CO	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Willowcare Rehabilition and Care Center	Hannibal, MO	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Russ Darrow Alpha	Milwaukee, WI	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Blake Equipment	East Windsor, CT	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hemisphere Design & Manufacturing LLC	Valencia, CA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ec Anto Waiver Core Office	San Antonio, TX	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	QCI East	Duncansville, PA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Goodwill Industries of El Paso, Inc./ Fairbanks Store	El Paso, TX	31 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.