Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · South Carolina
Sumter Utilities, Inc.
Sumter, SC · ~1,370 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sumter Utilities, Inc. runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade A.
Sumter Utilities, Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sumter Utilities, Inc. safety composite
Sumter Utilities, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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
−0.5
2019→2021
Sumter Utilities, Inc. injury rate improved
Sumter Utilities, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 1.3 in 2019 to 0.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=1.3 · 2021=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Sumter, SC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #4/16
- PHOTO Panhandle Power Solu…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~1,370 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Panhandle Power Solutions LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sumter Utilities, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sumter Utilities, Inc.
1.1 TCR
- Panhandle Powe
Panhandle Power Solutions LLC
1.1 TCR
- R.R. Cassidy,
R.R. Cassidy, Inc.
1.1 TCR
- ERS Tower, LLC
ERS Tower, LLC
1.1 TCR
- FiberPlus Fede
FiberPlus Federal Services, Inc.
1.1 TCR
What this shows Sumter Utilities, Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).
Sumter Utilities, Inc. TCR series: 2019=1.3 · 2021=0.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Sumter Utilities, Inc. falls in its industry
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 16 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in South Carolina.
Sumter Utilities, Inc. has more employees than the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, el median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · SC · Sumter
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground 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 | Panhandle Power Solutions LLC | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R.R. Cassidy, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ERS Tower, LLC | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FiberPlus Federal Services, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Medical Grouop of the Carolinas | 1,360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McLeod Physician Associates II | 1,386 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant | 1,350 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | South Carolina Department of Public Safety - All Divisions | 1,348 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thompson Construction Group | 2,328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Tuomey | 1,440 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Continental Tire | 1,232 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Sumter | 908 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Balazs Dallas | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pacific Scientific EMC - Chandler | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LSI Solultions, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 020 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford | 1,370 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | EHP-Court St | 1,370 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon Transportation Services : BOS5 | 1,370 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bristol Hospital | 1,370 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.