Paper towels made from purchased paper · South Carolina

Softex Paper South Carolina

Name: Softex Paper South Carolina Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Rock Hill, SC · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Softex Paper South Carolina runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paper towels made from purchased paper workplace, earning a grade D.

Softex Paper South Carolina: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Paper towels made from purchased paper BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Softex Paper South Carolina safety composite

Softex Paper South Carolina scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Softex Paper South Carolina held a steady TCR band

Softex Paper South Carolina's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.4 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.4 · 2018=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322291 · Rock Hill, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

DART 4.3 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO INCO / B82
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: INCO / B82 (0.1 TCR gap)

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4.3
INCO / B82

4.2
Outlook nebras

4.2
KOOKABURRA - N

4.1
Green Bay, WI

4.1

What this shows Softex Paper South Carolina averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Paper towels made from purchased paper BLS benchmark).

Softex Paper South Carolina TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2018=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Softex Paper South Carolina falls in its industry

113 Paper towels made from purchas establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Paper towels made from purchas employers in South Carolina.

Softex Paper South Carolina (63 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Softex Paper South Carolina has fewer employees than the Paper towels made from purchased paper median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018	4.3	4.3	3	0	0
2017	4.4	4.4	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322291 · SC · Rock Hill

113 Paper towels made from purchased paper employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 221 employers in Rock Hill, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	INCO / B82	LITHIA SPRINGS, GA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Outlook nebraska	OMAHA, NE	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KOOKABURRA - NEWBURGH PLANT	NEWBURGH, NY	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Green Bay, WI Facility	HOBART, WI	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Florence Complex	FLORENCE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greenville Resource Center - PNG	GREENVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Summerville CPW	SUMMERVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paragon Sitework Constructors	SUMMERVILLE	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4701-340	Rock Hill	1,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	340 PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER	Rock Hill	1,552 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rock Hill Distribution Center RHDC	Rock Hill	1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Rock Hill	Rock Hill	1,072 FTE
NAT-TCR	Courtyard Washington DC Dupont Circle	Washington, DC	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pensacola Center (Flpen)	Pensacola, FL	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Estrella (Azpni)	Phoenix, AZ	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Butler Used Auto Parts, Inc.	Forest City, NC	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cascades Tissue Group North Carolina - Rockingham	Rockingham, NC	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RAFS of Pensacola, Inc	Pensacola, FL	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Woodward Printing Services/GIL Shopping News	Platteville, WI	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Piper Plastic Illinois	Libertyville, IL	63 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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