Coatings application · South Carolina

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7

Sumter, SC · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Coatings application workplace, earning a grade C.

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7: 3.0 TCR = 91% of Coatings application BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 safety composite

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7: 2.4 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2019

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.4 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Sumter, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Ion bond - Portsmouth
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ion bond - Portsmouth (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the Coatings application BLS benchmark).

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

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 falls in its industry

646 Coatings application establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

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 9 Coatings application employers in South Carolina.

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 (31 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7
Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 (31 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Sumter, SC - MK Plant 7 has fewer employees than the Coatings application median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · SC · Sumter

646 Coatings application employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, 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 Ion bond - Portsmouth 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR V&S Lebanon Galvanizing LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bham 1 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Engraving, LLC 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SC Operations 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE GreenWood, Inc. - GE Gas Turbine 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spartanburg Wastewater Treatment Plant 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thompson Construction Group 2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Tuomey 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR US NC Sanford Plant 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 350 - Frederick 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 325 - Gaithersburg 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunbelt Vacuum Service, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cincinnati Paxton 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECD Services-Warhouse 2 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whse Bsg 86127 Lincoln Ne 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Steel Corporation 31 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.