Employer · South Carolina
S05280 - Columbia Hauling
Elgin, SC · ~115 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
S05280 - Columbia Hauling runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.
S05280 - Columbia Hauling: 4.1 TCR = 159% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
S05280 - Columbia Hauling safety composite
S05280 - Columbia Hauling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
S05280 - Columbia Hauling: 1.5 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2024
S05280 - Columbia Hauling's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Elgin, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 159% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #18/37
- PHOTO Close the Loop
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 44 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Close the Loop (0.0 TCR gap)
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S05280 - Columbia Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
S05280 - Columbia Hauling
4.1 TCR
- Close the Loop
Close the Loop
4.1 TCR
- Pelican Waste
Pelican Waste and Debris
4.1 TCR
- S11179 - Indy
S11179 - Indy Northwest Transport Lebanon
4.1 TCR
- Drew
Drew
4.1 TCR
What this shows S05280 - Columbia Hauling averages 4.1 TCR (159% of the industry BLS benchmark).
S05280 - Columbia Hauling TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=10.9 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.6
Where S05280 - Columbia Hauling falls in its industry
2,322 industry establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 37 industry employers in South Carolina.
S05280 - Columbia Hauling has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · SC · Elgin
2,322 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 | Close the Loop | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pelican Waste and Debris | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S11179 - Indy Northwest Transport Lebanon | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Drew | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | International Paper Georgetown Container | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4176 Greer Sheet Plant | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Midlands Regional Rehabilitation Hospital | 142 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | S05965 - WM of South Atlantic Area Office | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WeylChem US, Inc | 107 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Midland Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC | 101 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Knutson Construction Midwest | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stonebridge Construction, Inc | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ball Beverage Pkg 179 Wallkill | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MTS Kansas City-KS | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0170 Millbrae | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arp - 1760 | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0122 Studio City | 115 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.