General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · South Carolina
Sysco Columbia
Columbia, SC · ~479 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sysco Columbia runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Sysco Columbia: 5.3 TCR = 240% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sysco Columbia safety composite
Sysco Columbia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% 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
Sysco Columbia: 4.7 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024
Sysco Columbia's TCR rose 1.1 from 4.7 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424410 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #16/30
- PHOTO Romeoville Distribut…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 181 inj
- SIZE ~479 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Romeoville Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sysco Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sysco Columbia
5.3 TCR
- Romeoville Dis
Romeoville Distribution Center
5.3 TCR
- Fischer Foods
Fischer Foods of New York, Inc.
5.3 TCR
- GlacierPoint E
GlacierPoint Edison
5.3 TCR
- Foodservice Ka
Foodservice Kansas City - 0566
5.3 TCR
What this shows Sysco Columbia averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Sysco Columbia TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 2.2
Where Sysco Columbia falls in its industry
1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 30 General-line groceries merchan employers in South Carolina.
Sysco Columbia has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424410 · SC · Columbia
1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers 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 | Romeoville Distribution Center | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fischer Foods of New York, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GlacierPoint Edison | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foodservice Kansas City - 0566 | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Champion Specialty Services, LLC @ VC Summer Nuclear Station | 480 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thorne research - Omni one | 478 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nucor Steel South Carolina (Darlington) | 480 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4186-DC11 | 478 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 | Options in Community Living, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hygiena | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Miller Proctor Nickolas,Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Orlando Airport | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Superior Beverage Group | 479 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Independent Case Management | 479 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spotlight 29 Casino | 479 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | U Tec Construction Inc | 479 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.