Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing · South Carolina
Performance Pipe Startex Plant
Wellford, SC · ~41 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Performance Pipe Startex Plant runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Performance Pipe Startex Plant: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Performance Pipe Startex Plant safety composite
Performance Pipe Startex Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% 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
Performance Pipe Startex Plant: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 16.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024
Performance Pipe Startex Plant's TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326122 · Wellford, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Pipeline Plastics, D…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pipeline Plastics, Decatur (0.0 TCR gap)
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Performance Pipe Startex Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Performance Pipe Startex Plant
2.2 TCR
- Pipeline Plast
Pipeline Plastics, Decatur
2.2 TCR
- Queen City Pla
Queen City Plastics
2.2 TCR
- Liner Products
Liner Products
2.1 TCR
- Westlake Pipe
Westlake Pipe & Fittings
2.1 TCR
What this shows Performance Pipe Startex Plant averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Performance Pipe Startex Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=16 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Performance Pipe Startex Plant falls in its industry
332 Pipe, rigid plastics, manufact establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Pipe, rigid plastics, manufact employers in South Carolina.
Performance Pipe Startex Plant has fewer employees than the Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326122 · SC · Wellford
332 Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 18 employers in Wellford, 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 | Pipeline Plastics, Decatur | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Liner Products | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Queen City Plastics | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Westlake Pipe & Fittings | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bad Creek Hydro | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MCMEEKIN STEAM PLANT | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Unitherm Columbia | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SEW Eurodrive Lyman Assembly | 187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Freudenberg Filtration Technologies - Wellford, South Carolina | 141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PPA Industries, Inc | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wellford | 102 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Avery | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CCL Tube | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plastipak- Plant City | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Main Street Station | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Guernsey Muskingum Electric Cooperative Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CONST | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trenton 10 Food Rite | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercer Construction Company | 41 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.