DAIRY DISTRIBUTION · South Carolina

Suiza - Columbia

Columbia, SC · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Suiza - Columbia runs at 701% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical DAIRY DISTRIBUTION workplace, earning a grade F.

Suiza - Columbia: 15.4 TCR = 701% of DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Suiza - Columbia safety composite

Suiza - Columbia scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−9.3

2017→2019

Suiza - Columbia injury rate improved

Suiza - Columbia's TCR fell 9.3 from 17.4 in 2017 to 8.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=17.4 · 2018=20.8 · 2019=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 701% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Dean Dairy - Indiana…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dean Dairy - Indiana PA - DTI (0.3 TCR gap)

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Suiza - Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Suiza - Columbia averages 15.4 TCR (701% of the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS benchmark).

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

Suiza - Columbia TCR series: 2017=17.4 · 2018=20.8 · 2019=8.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Suiza - Columbia falls in its industry

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers in South Carolina.

Suiza - Columbia (30 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Suiza - Columbia
Suiza - Columbia (30 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Suiza - Columbia has fewer employees than the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2019 8.1 5.4 3 0 0
2018 20.8 20.8 8 0 0
2017 17.4 17.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · SC · Columbia

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in 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 Dean Dairy - Indiana PA - DTI 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA DISTRIBUTING SOUTH - ORLANDO FL-BUMBY AVE 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milk Industry Management Co d.b.a Balford Farms 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR T.G. Lee - Orlando - Robinson St - DTI 16.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE FAIRFIELD PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE DENMARK DISTRICT OFFICE 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenwood Operations Center 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Resource Center - PNG 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Sesame Place 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Independent Living 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Solvang - Resort 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Indio Location 15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oak Farms Houston - Waco 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayfield - Kingsport 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price's - El Paso - FDD 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haakenson Electric - Main 30 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.