Retirement homes without nursing care · South Carolina

The Waterford at Columbia

Columbia, SC · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Waterford at Columbia runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Retirement homes without nursing care workplace, earning a grade B.

The Waterford at Columbia: 2.9 TCR = 77% of Retirement homes without nursing care BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Waterford at Columbia safety composite

The Waterford at Columbia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.1

2016→2020

The Waterford at Columbia injury rate improved

The Waterford at Columbia's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/107
  • PHOTO Brookdale Asheboro
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brookdale Asheboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Waterford at Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Waterford at Columbia averages 2.9 TCR (77% of the Retirement homes without nursing care BLS benchmark).

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

The Waterford at Columbia TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.8

Where The Waterford at Columbia falls in its industry

6,510 Retirement homes without nursi establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 107 Retirement homes without nursi employers in South Carolina.

The Waterford at Columbia (34 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate The Waterford at Columbia
The Waterford at Columbia (34 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

The Waterford at Columbia has fewer employees than the Retirement homes without nursing care median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.4 5.2 1 1 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · SC · Columbia

6,510 Retirement homes without nursing care 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 Brookdale Asheboro 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Bellngham at Orchard A Memory Care 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10789 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Retreat at Albany 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE TLG TURF 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE ArborGen Inc. Headquarters 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lancaster Operations Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marlboro Electric Cooperative Headquarters Office 34 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 TTI- Greeley, CO 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tacoma 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Efl Beach 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sacramento Office 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midway Rac 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Lighting & Signalization LLC 154 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE KBH 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boyd Metals of Oklahoma City, Inc. 34 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.