Druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Smith Drug Company

Spartanburg, SC · ~388 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Drug Company runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Smith Drug Company: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Drug Company safety composite

Smith Drug Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

Smith Drug Company injury rate improved

Smith Drug Company's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424210 · Spartanburg, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK P51
  • PHOTO Cardinal Health Whee…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~388 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cardinal Health Wheeling PD Wheeling WV (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Drug Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Drug Company averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Drug Company TCR series: 2016=2 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=3 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Smith Drug Company falls in its industry

514 Druggists' sundries merchant w establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Smith Drug Company (388 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Drug Company
Smith Drug Company (388 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Smith Drug Company has more employees than the Druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 1.4 0.9 5 0 0
2023 3.0 2.5 11 0 0
2022 3.9 1.6 15 0 0
2021 3.8 1.3 17 1 0
2016 2.0 1.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424210 · SC · Spartanburg

514 Druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 294 employers in Spartanburg, 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 Cardinal Health Wheeling PD Wheeling WV 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covetrus-Albany 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cardinal Health St Charles MO PD 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cardinal Health/Sonexus (Edmonds) 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sauer Brands Inc. 388 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2806 388 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 881 388 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schnellecke Logistics South Carolina, LLC 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR SPARTANBURG FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg Medical Center 5,386 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg County 1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg County Government 1,561 FTE
NAT-TCR Brighton 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Drake Manufacturing LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital - EVS 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Saline Memorial Hospital - EVS 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Star Snacks Co LLC 388 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philips RIST 388 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fuyao Automotive North America 388 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond Community Hospital 388 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.