Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · South Carolina

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division

Piedmont, SC · ~308 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division safety composite

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2017→2021

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division injury rate improved

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division's TCR fell 2.8 from 4.9 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.9 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Piedmont, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO Contech MSYMP
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~308 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Contech MSYMP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division TCR series: 2017=4.9 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 15 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing employers in South Carolina.

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division (308 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division
Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division (308 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Southwark Metal - South Carolina Division has more employees than the Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.1 2.1 7 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 8 0 0
2019 3.7 3.7 10 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 7 0 0
2017 4.9 4.2 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · SC · Piedmont

1,158 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Piedmont, 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 Contech MSYMP 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jefferson Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dane Manufacturing 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR IMETCO 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Johnson Controls PS - Oconee Facility West Union SC- 00023 308 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1135 308 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4487 308 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4420 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Drive Automotive Industries of America 1,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Blood Connection 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Developments - OGR Plant 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR C453 Greenville 372 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Catherine's West Rehabilitation Hospital 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Limbach - Michigan 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyattsville, MD 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Majestic Steel USA - BH 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Armstrong Flooring 308 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville 308 FTE
NAT-SIZE Claremont Fiber Plant 308 FTE
NAT-SIZE Packaging 308 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.