Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · South Carolina
Pegasus Steel - Ladson
Ladson, SC · ~104 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Pegasus Steel - Ladson runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Pegasus Steel - Ladson: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pegasus Steel - Ladson safety composite
Pegasus Steel - Ladson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
Pegasus Steel - Ladson: 2.5 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.17× in 2023
Pegasus Steel - Ladson's TCR rose 4.4 from 2.5 in 2019 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332313 · Ladson, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Steel Plate - Atlanta
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~104 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Steel Plate - Atlanta (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pegasus Steel - Ladson in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pegasus Steel - Ladson
4.4 TCR
- Steel Plate -
Steel Plate - Atlanta
4.4 TCR
- Mid Island Ste
Mid Island Steel Corp
4.4 TCR
- Goodhart Sons,
Goodhart Sons, Inc.
4.4 TCR
- Broadway Weldi
Broadway Welding Inc
4.4 TCR
What this shows Pegasus Steel - Ladson averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Pegasus Steel - Ladson TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Pegasus Steel - Ladson falls in its industry
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in South Carolina.
Pegasus Steel - Ladson has more employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a lower 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332313 · SC · Ladson
449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Ladson, 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 | Steel Plate - Atlanta | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mid Island Steel Corp | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Goodhart Sons, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Broadway Welding Inc | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MPD Corporation, Inc. | 104 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ELECTRIC OPERATIONS BUILDING | 104 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BZJV | 104 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cleland Site Prep, Inc | 104 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercedes-Benz Vans | 1,722 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercedez-Benz Vans LLC | 1,709 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Holset Palmetto Plant | 800 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cummins Turbo Technologies | 633 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Genesis HealthCare Systems | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Western Bus Sales, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pelican Products - NonoCool Holdings LLC | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SCMC | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Michelman AMCC | 104 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crowder Industries Inc. | 104 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Draper Rehabilitation and Care Center | 104 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jtec industries, Inc. | 104 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.