Polyester fibers and filaments manufacturing · South Carolina

Plant 8S

Columbia, SC · ~382 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plant 8S runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polyester fibers and filaments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Plant 8S: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Polyester fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plant 8S safety composite

Plant 8S scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Plant 8S held a steady TCR band

Plant 8S's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.5 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325220 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Complex 46 - Extrusion
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 128 inj
  • SIZE ~382 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Complex 46 - Extrusion (0.1 TCR gap)

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Plant 8S in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plant 8S averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Polyester fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Plant 8S TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Plant 8S falls in its industry

68 Polyester fibers and filaments establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Polyester fibers and filaments employers in South Carolina.

Plant 8S (382 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Plant 8S
Plant 8S (382 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Plant 8S has more employees than the Polyester fibers and filaments manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 3.2 2.5 9 0 0
2023 5.5 3.9 25 2 0
2022 3.9 3.2 19 2 0
2021 3.8 3.0 17 3 0
2020 4.4 4.2 14 6 0
2019 2.3 1.3 10 1 0
2018 2.9 2.7 13 0 0
2017 2.1 2.1 8 0 0
2016 3.5 2.9 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325220 · SC · Columbia

68 Polyester fibers and filaments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 Complex 46 - Extrusion 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Euclid LaFayette 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cavetown 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 70/86 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rite Aid Southeast Customer Support Center 382 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZCHS 382 FTE
STATE-SIZE 86042B06 CVS SC DISTRIBUTION, L.L.C. 382 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ryan Deyoung 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Nova 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Rock Hauling 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SACO AEI Polymers, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tishomingo Health Services 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scheurer Hospital 382 FTE
NAT-SIZE JLG - Fountainhead 382 FTE
NAT-SIZE CFM-FL-SEG 382 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Rock Ga 382 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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