Employer · South Carolina

Smith & Waters

Hodges, SC · ~45 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith & Waters runs at 328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Smith & Waters: 10.8 TCR = 328% of industry BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith & Waters safety composite

Smith & Waters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−19.1

2017→2019

Smith & Waters injury rate improved

Smith & Waters's TCR fell 19.1 from 23.7 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 23.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=23.7 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313210 · Hodges, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 328% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #29/29
  • PHOTO Harodite Industries,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harodite Industries, Inc. North (0.6 TCR gap)

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Smith & Waters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith & Waters averages 10.8 TCR (328% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Smith & Waters TCR series: 2017=23.7 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Smith & Waters falls in its industry

141 industry establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 29 industry employers in South Carolina.

Smith & Waters (45 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith & Waters
Smith & Waters (45 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Smith & Waters has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2018 4.1 4.1 1 1 0
2017 23.7 23.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313210 · SC · Hodges

141 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Hodges, 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 Harodite Industries, Inc. North 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phifer- Columbus Street 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Woolen 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warwick Mills Inc. 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CBG, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palmetto State Glass 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE US176: Columbia 216 - SG 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 36 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate Palmolive 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR HODGES SC 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hodges SC Facility 218 FTE
NAT-TCR 4769-976-Williams Sonoma 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shadowfax HR 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Care Center 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SMT Lines - HOU 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE America at Home Health 35-2244336 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compression Technologies and Services : SVC-Dallas TX-USA 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rcrs Tx San Angelo Dsa Class 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard Las Vegas South 45 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.