Sandblasting, building exterior · South Carolina

Universal Blastco

Sumter, SC · ~186 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Blastco runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sandblasting, building exterior workplace, earning a grade A.

Universal Blastco: 0.7 TCR = 26% of Sandblasting, building exterior BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Blastco safety composite

Universal Blastco scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.4

2021→2024

Universal Blastco injury rate improved

Universal Blastco's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Sumter, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/24
  • PHOTO Central Paving Co. o…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~186 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Paving Co. of Paducah (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Blastco in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Blastco averages 0.7 TCR (26% of the Sandblasting, building exterior BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Blastco TCR series: 2021=1.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Universal Blastco falls in its industry

1,634 Sandblasting, building exterio establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 24 Sandblasting, building exterio employers in South Carolina.

Universal Blastco (186 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Blastco
Universal Blastco (186 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Universal Blastco has more employees than the Sandblasting, building exterior median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.4 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · SC · Sumter

1,634 Sandblasting, building exterior 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 Central Paving Co. of Paducah 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GEM Mobile Treatment Services, Inc. - GEM Corporate - Signal Hill 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apache - Eastern Ship Building Group 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPW Industrial Services, Inc. - Rockport 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Transmission Operation Center 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reeves Piedmont Region 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSP Camden 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE IWG High Performance Conductors, Inc 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thompson Construction Group 2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Tuomey 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR Rosen Aviation 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rogers Group Inc. - ETN 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AG Manufacturing Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tradepoint Atlantic, LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Weston Investment Co LLC 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago Dryer Co 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE 224 - Marburg Ave - Cincinnati 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE 291 - Sturgis MI 186 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: 2024, 2021. 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.