Laser welding equipment manufacturing · South Carolina

PRC

Ladson, SC · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PRC runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Laser welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

PRC: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Laser welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PRC safety composite

PRC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.3

2021→2022

PRC injury rate improved

PRC's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.3 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333992 · Ladson, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P61
  • PHOTO J.W. Harris Co. Inc.…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville (0.0 TCR gap)

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PRC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PRC averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Laser welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

PRC TCR series: 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where PRC falls in its industry

129 Laser welding equipment manufa establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
PRC (25 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate PRC
PRC (25 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.8

PRC has fewer employees than the Laser welding equipment manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333992 · SC · Ladson

129 Laser welding equipment 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 J.W. Harris Co. Inc. - Gainesville 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Electric Automation Coldwater 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Equipment Division - North 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Weldquip LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Field Services Tech Building (Columbia) 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clemson Operations Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Mill Operations Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Repairs 25 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 Neofs - Omaha 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenan Transport 50047 Memphis 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Parsec LPC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cryogenic Transportation 64055 Claymont 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE New Jersey 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arthur IGA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warren C. Sauers Co., Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACE Extrusion, LLC. 25 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: 2022, 2021. 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.