Water distribution (except irrigation) · South Carolina

Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.

Travelers Rest, SC · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.3
avg TCR · per 100 workers
1.2
industry benchmark (BLS)
2
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.3 to the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark of 1.2 (273% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.

Injury rate over time

Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.

-202468 20192023 6.51.2 Industry benchmarkPayne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 221310.

Where Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. falls in its industry

841 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

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 20 Water distribution (except irr employers in South Carolina.

Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. has an average TCR of 3.3, which is 273% of the industry average (1.2) for Water distribution (except irrigation). This is significantly worse than average.

The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.

Trend analysis for Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.

Between 2019 and 2023, Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.'s Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 6.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 4 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 6.5, a spread of 6.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 2 reporting years, Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 2 injuries shown on this page for Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221310 - Water distribution (except irrigation).

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 61,137 hours worked = 3.27 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. (this establishment) 3.27 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg
Water supply systems industry avg 1.20 BLS IIF, NAICS 221310
South Carolina state avg (all industries) 4.08 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 6.5 3.3 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Water distribution (except irrigation) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 273% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) benchmark, Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Water distribution (except irrigation) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc.'s safety grade?
Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.3 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 1.2 for Water distribution (except irrigation).
How many injuries has Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. reported?
Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. has reported 2 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 2 years of OSHA data (2023, 2019). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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: 2023, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.