Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling · South Carolina

Southern Propane

Orangeburg, SC · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Propane runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Propane: 8.4 TCR = 246% of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Propane safety composite

Southern Propane scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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 8.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Southern Propane: 0.0 → 16.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2021

Southern Propane's TCR rose 16.8 from 0.0 in 2020 to 16.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Orangeburg, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 246% of ind

  • DART 12.6 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO 3900-DRC-ROCKLAND
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3900-DRC-ROCKLAND (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Propane in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Propane averages 8.4 TCR (246% of the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Propane TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=16.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Southern Propane falls in its industry

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) employers in South Carolina.

Southern Propane (35 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Propane
Southern Propane (35 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Southern Propane has more employees than the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2021 16.8 12.6 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · SC · Orangeburg

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 79 employers in Orangeburg, 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 3900-DRC-ROCKLAND 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interstate Gas Supply, LLC Dayton HEC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Retail East - Hawley 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petro NNJ - Kenvil 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conway Service Center and Warehouse 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLORENCE DISTRICT OFFICE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Delivery Operations (Charleston) 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Medical Center 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products 1,287 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Regional Medical Center 1,209 FTE
CITY-NEAR MUSC Health Orangeburg 1,155 FTE
NAT-TCR Fastrucking - San 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Trailers and Equipment, L.L.C. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-MN02 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Promises Five Palms 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic Services of NC, Dunn 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Staypineapple San Francisco 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Shore Services - Los Angeles 35 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: 2021, 2020. 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.