Marine cargo handling services · South Carolina
Union Pier
Charleston, SC · ~182 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Union Pier runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade D.
Union Pier: 8.7 TCR = 194% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Union Pier safety composite
Union Pier scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Union Pier: 5.9 → 13.2 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 13.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2020
Union Pier's TCR rose 7.3 from 5.9 in 2018 to 13.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488320 · Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 8.7 · 194% of ind
- DART 9.9 DART
- RANK #9/15
- PHOTO Coastal Cargo Compan…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~182 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coastal Cargo Company, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Union Pier in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Penn Terminal
Penn Terminal
8.9 TCR
- Tartan Termina
Tartan Terminals
8.9 TCR
- Metro Cruise -
Metro Cruise - LA
8.8 TCR
- This site
Union Pier
8.7 TCR
- Coastal Cargo
Coastal Cargo Company, LLC
8.7 TCR
What this shows Union Pier averages 8.7 TCR (194% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).
Union Pier TCR series: 2018=5.9 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=13.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Union Pier falls in its industry
391 Marine cargo handling services establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Marine cargo handling services employers in South Carolina.
Union Pier has more employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488320 · SC · Charleston
391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 341 employers in Charleston, 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 | Coastal Cargo Company, LLC | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metro Cruise - LA | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Penn Terminal | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tartan Terminals | 8.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | J.H. Hiers Construction | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CSP Estill | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plastic Omnium Clean Energy Systems | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Engineered Systems, Inc | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medical University Hospital Authority | 8,204 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medical University of South Carolina | 5,881 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC-03 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SAFETY MANAGEMENT DIVISION | 1,790 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Alabama | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wisconsin - Green Bay Admin Yard | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | state steel GI | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Village at Northrise | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Oberlander Electric Co. | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AVPX - Avis Phoenix | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ITT Cannon | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ARYZTA - Santa Ana | 182 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.