Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing · South Carolina

US Brick LLC

Columbia, SC · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Brick LLC runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

US Brick LLC: 13.3 TCR = 404% of Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Brick LLC safety composite

US Brick LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−3.4

2021→2022

US Brick LLC injury rate improved

US Brick LLC's TCR fell 3.4 from 15.0 in 2021 to 11.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=15.0 · 2022=11.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 404% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Refractory Service C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Refractory Service Corporation-East Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Brick LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Brick LLC averages 13.3 TCR (404% of the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Brick LLC TCR series: 2021=15 · 2022=11.6 · BLS 3.3

Where US Brick LLC falls in its industry

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf employers in South Carolina.

US Brick LLC (65 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Brick LLC
US Brick LLC (65 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

US Brick LLC has more employees than the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 11.6 1.7 7 0 0
2021 15.0 15.0 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · SC · Columbia

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing 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 Refractory Service Corporation-East Chicago 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carolina Ceramics 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR STONEPEAK CERAMICS, INC. 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercury Mosaics Minneapolis 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Hilton Head Savannah 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Contracting LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Engineering & Construction, LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE E A Sween Company-Hodges 65 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 2073-SW-20730023-CS 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 161509-Chi-Clearing Sta 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 354179-Jam-South Richmond Hill Sta 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 240025-Bos-Wellesley Hills Br 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Gabriel's 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-466-OUTLETS 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jersey City - L2L 176 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Petersburg Location 65 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: 2022, 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.