Employer · South Carolina

SC264 Darlington (Dixie)

Darlington, SC · ~461 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

SC264 Darlington (Dixie): 2.4 TCR = 71% of industry BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) safety composite

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−0.6

2016→2023

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) injury rate improved

SC264 Darlington (Dixie)'s TCR fell 0.6 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Darlington, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO AR184 Fort Smith (Di…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~461 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AR184 Fort Smith (Dixie) (0.0 TCR gap)

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SC264 Darlington (Dixie) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SC264 Darlington (Dixie) averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where SC264 Darlington (Dixie) falls in its industry

140 industry establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 industry employers in South Carolina.

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) (461 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SC264 Darlington (Dixie)
SC264 Darlington (Dixie) (461 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

SC264 Darlington (Dixie) has more employees than the industry median and a lower 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
2023 1.8 0.7 10 0 0
2022 5.5 4.9 15 14 0
2020 1.5 0.8 7 0 0
2019 0.7 0.4 4 0 0
2018 1.9 0.9 9 1 0
2017 2.8 1.1 13 0 0
2016 2.4 1.5 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · SC · Darlington

140 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 38 employers in Darlington, 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 AR184 Fort Smith (Dixie) 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif (IP Kernersville - Tube) 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlotte (Fiber) 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huhtamaki Fulton 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 5087 461 FTE
STATE-SIZE ZF-North Charleston 462 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harsco Rail Columbia 460 FTE
STATE-SIZE BoomTown ROI 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel South Carolina (Darlington) 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Darlington County 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7188 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7188 227 FTE
NAT-TCR AR184 Fort Smith (Dixie) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wichita Falls TX OCV 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Harper's Tree Service, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs (9) 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Palatine High School 461 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #23 461 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davis-Standard 461 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philips NAM CCSC Alpharetta, GA 461 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.