Manufacturing building construction · South Carolina

The Fitts Company, Inc.

Gaston, SC · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Fitts Company, Inc. runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacturing building construction workplace, earning a grade D.

The Fitts Company, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 147% of Manufacturing building construction BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Fitts Company, Inc. safety composite

The Fitts Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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)
F 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−8.5

2016→2020

The Fitts Company, Inc. injury rate improved

The Fitts Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.5 from 8.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.5 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Gaston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/37
  • PHOTO Apple Tree Construct…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apple Tree Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Fitts Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Fitts Company, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (147% of the Manufacturing building construction BLS benchmark).

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

The Fitts Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.9

Where The Fitts Company, Inc. falls in its industry

924 Manufacturing building constru establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 37 Manufacturing building constru employers in South Carolina.

The Fitts Company, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Fitts Company, Inc.
The Fitts Company, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

The Fitts Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Manufacturing building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.5 6.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · SC · Gaston

924 Manufacturing building construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 32 employers in Gaston, 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 Apple Tree Construction 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1003 - BELFOR Pittsburgh 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Distinctive Doors Inc 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erection 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Minto - Hilton Head Construction, Land and Mastercare 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE MYR 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Small Capital Projects 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reeves Piedmont Region Columbia 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Private Residence Gaston SC 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alpek Polyester USA, LLC-Columbia Site 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR DAK Americas, LLC-Columbia Site 495 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stier Supply Co. 286 FTE
NAT-TCR Puratos1705 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brentwood Industries Inc. Martinsburg 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Nichols - Pelham Branch 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Piedmont Regional Transit Authority 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Integrated Home Care 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wastequip Durant 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Mate Company 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE White-Rodgers Distribution 51 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: 2020, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.