Transportation safety programs, government · South Carolina

SC Department of Transportation

Columbia, SC · ~3,864 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

SC Department of Transportation runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transportation safety programs, government workplace, earning a grade D.

SC Department of Transportation: 5.3 TCR = 167% of Transportation safety programs, government BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SC Department of Transportation safety composite

SC Department of Transportation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 4% 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

−0.7

2020→2024

SC Department of Transportation injury rate improved

SC Department of Transportation's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.7 in 2020 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.7 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 167% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK P30
  • PHOTO KYTC District 1
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 855 inj
  • SIZE ~3,864 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KYTC District 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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SC Department of Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SC Department of Transportation averages 5.3 TCR (167% of the Transportation safety programs, government BLS benchmark).

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

SC Department of Transportation TCR series: 2020=5.7 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.2

Where SC Department of Transportation falls in its industry

208 Transportation safety programs establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
SC Department of Transportation (3,864 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SC Department of Transportation
SC Department of Transportation (3,864 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

SC Department of Transportation has more employees than the Transportation safety programs, governme median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 5.0 3.2 190 20 0
2023 4.8 3.2 168 17 0
2022 5.7 3.7 171 42 0
2021 5.4 3.4 158 56 1
2020 5.7 4.0 168 79 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · SC · Columbia

208 Transportation safety programs, government 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 KYTC District 1 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR District 4 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Greensboro-Department of Transportation (GDOT) 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE MCLEOD REG MED CTR OF PEE DEE MH101 3,883 FTE
STATE-SIZE McLeod Regional Medical Center 3,889 FTE
STATE-SIZE CARTER MANUFACTURING DISTRICT SC 1824 4,102 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC-02 4,124 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 Palmetto Health Baptist 2,617 FTE
NAT-TCR 10015 Brighton 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun Cosmetics LLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1631 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources Thomas More University 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic 3,866 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Peter's Hospital- Albany 3,868 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center 3,869 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eisenhower Medical Center 3,859 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.