X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g., control, industrial, medical, research) manufacturing · South Carolina

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston

N. Charleston, SC · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g., control, industrial, medical, research) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston: 1.7 TCR = 50% of X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g., control, industrial, medical, research) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston safety composite

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston: 0.0 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston's TCR rose 8.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 8.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334517 · N. Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P28
  • PHOTO Vista Loc 1655
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vista Loc 1655 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Varex Imaging, N.Charleston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Varex Imaging, N.Charleston averages 1.7 TCR (50% of the X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g., control, industrial, medical, research) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Varex Imaging, N.Charleston falls in its industry

60 X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Varex Imaging, N.Charleston (27 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 05001,0001,500 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Varex Imaging, N.Charleston
Varex Imaging, N.Charleston (27 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Varex Imaging, N.Charleston has fewer employees than the X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g., control median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2021 8.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334517 · SC · N. Charleston

60 X-ray apparatus and tubes (e.g., control, industrial, medical, research) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 25 employers in N. 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 Vista Loc 1655 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midmark - Buffalo Grove 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSH Rochester Manufacturing Site 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midmark - Lincolnshire 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE BLUFFTON OFFICE 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUMMERVILLE ELECTRIC OPERATION 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Garden City Office and Warehouse 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE AIKEN GAS OPERATIONS 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR HoneywellSC32 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR C411 Charleston 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHARLESTON COUNTY DSS 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston 82 FTE
NAT-TCR Kraft Heinz Foods Company 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunoco Transportation East 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR zepeda labor contracting inc 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR M. Argueso Rosemead dba Paramelt 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tri County Farmers Association - Brinkley 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anna Ready Mix Plant 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homeboy Recycling 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCI East Peoria, LLC 27 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.