Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal · South Carolina

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC

West Columbia, SC · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal workplace, earning a grade D.

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC: 4.4 TCR = 169% of Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC safety composite

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−10.3

2019→2024

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC injury rate improved

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC's TCR fell 10.3 from 10.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.3 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562219 · West Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 169% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P53
  • PHOTO Stericycle - Haw Riv…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stericycle - Haw River,NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - West Columbia,SC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - West Columbia,SC averages 4.4 TCR (169% of the Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal BLS benchmark).

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

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC TCR series: 2019=10.3 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - West Columbia,SC falls in its industry

171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treat establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Stericycle - West Columbia,SC (29 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Stericycle - West Columbia,SC
Stericycle - West Columbia,SC (29 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Stericycle - West Columbia,SC has fewer employees than the Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and D median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.9 2.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2019 10.3 6.9 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562219 · SC · West Columbia

171 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Columbia, 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 Stericycle - Haw River,NC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clean Earth of Carteret 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zanker 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trilogy MedWaste 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MT PLEASANT CREW QUARTERS 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ni Pacolet Milliken 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Division 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE 32328 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Medical Center 4,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-02 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1 2,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1 2,722 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenville NC FXFE-GVN 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond District Office 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR LSI - NSH & Install 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeshore Fittings 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE T & A Supply Portland 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Shop GA FXFE-ATLS 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Susquehanna Ford 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tietsort LLC 29 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, 2020, 2019. 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.