Employer · South Carolina
S02932 - Richland Landfill
Elgin, SC · ~27 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
S02932 - Richland Landfill runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.
S02932 - Richland Landfill: 4.8 TCR = 183% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
S02932 - Richland Landfill safety composite
S02932 - Richland Landfill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
S02932 - Richland Landfill: 3.8 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2024
S02932 - Richland Landfill's TCR rose 2.5 from 3.8 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562212 · Elgin, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 183% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO Ft. Bend Landfill
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ft. Bend Landfill (0.0 TCR gap)
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S02932 - Richland Landfill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
S02932 - Richland Landfill
4.8 TCR
- Ft. Bend Landf
Ft. Bend Landfill
4.8 TCR
- Arcadia Reclam
Arcadia Reclamation, Inc.
4.8 TCR
- S03858 - Milam
S03858 - Milam RDF
4.8 TCR
- S04273 - Chem
S04273 - Chem Waste Landfill
4.7 TCR
What this shows S02932 - Richland Landfill averages 4.8 TCR (183% of the industry BLS benchmark).
S02932 - Richland Landfill TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=3 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.6
Where S02932 - Richland Landfill falls in its industry
288 industry establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 industry employers in South Carolina.
S02932 - Richland Landfill has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562212 · SC · Elgin
288 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Elgin, 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 | Ft. Bend Landfill | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arcadia Reclamation, Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S03858 - Milam RDF | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S04273 - Chem Waste Landfill | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BLUFFTON OFFICE | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SUMMERVILLE ELECTRIC OPERATION | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Garden City Office and Warehouse | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AIKEN GAS OPERATIONS | 27 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Midlands Regional Rehabilitation Hospital | 142 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | S05965 - WM of South Atlantic Area Office | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | S05280 - Columbia Hauling | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WeylChem US, Inc | 107 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MTS Kansas City-KS | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Merisco, Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lochmandy Motor Sales, INC | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Deines-Nitz Solutions | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | S02936 - Tontitown Landfill | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S03259 - Bethel Landfill | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S03982 - Trail Ridge Landfill | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plainview-Elgin-Millville ISD#2899 | 27 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.