Executive and legislative office combinations · South Carolina

Richland County Government

Columbia, SC · ~2,085 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Richland County Government runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Executive and legislative office combinations workplace, earning a grade F.

Richland County Government: 6.5 TCR = 203% of Executive and legislative office combinations BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richland County Government safety composite

Richland County Government scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 2% 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

−1.5

2017→2024

Richland County Government injury rate improved

Richland County Government's TCR fell 1.5 from 7.7 in 2017 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=6.1 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921140 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 203% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #23/28
  • PHOTO Montgomery County Go…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 902 inj
  • SIZE ~2,085 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Montgomery County Government (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richland County Government in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richland County Government averages 6.5 TCR (203% of the Executive and legislative office combinations BLS benchmark).

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

Richland County Government TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=6.1 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Richland County Government falls in its industry

239 Executive and legislative offi establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 28 Executive and legislative offi employers in South Carolina.

Richland County Government (2,085 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 282 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 01,0002,0003,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Richland County Government
Richland County Government (2,085 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 282 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Richland County Government has more employees than the Executive and legislative office combina median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2024 6.1 4.4 123 0 0
2023 7.2 5.3 140 0 1
2022 8.2 6.0 125 0 0
2021 6.6 4.1 124 9 1
2020 3.7 3.3 121 0 0
2018 6.1 4.9 124 9 0
2017 7.7 5.5 145 21 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921140 · SC · Columbia

239 Executive and legislative office combinations 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 Montgomery County Government 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greene County Government 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson County Government 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE DEPARTMENT 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Defender Services, Inc 2,041 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michelin North American Headquarters 2,132 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Francis Downtown 2,172 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Francis Hospital - Downtown 1,997 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 Dfa Fluid - Sharpsville Pa 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 10363 Kahala Mall Oahu 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fleet Repair Solutions 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1151 - Princeton 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - BOS 2,085 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mount Carmel West Hospital 2,085 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocean Medical Center 2,084 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Louis University Hospital 2,084 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.