Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture · South Carolina

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC

Ridgeville, SC · ~1,698 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture workplace, earning a grade B.

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC safety composite

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2020→2024

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC injury rate improved

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC's TCR fell 2.6 from 3.4 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.4 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336111 · Ridgeville, SC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Advanced Technology …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~1,698 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Technology Development Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture BLS benchmark).

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

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC TCR series: 2020=3.4 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC falls in its industry

158 Assembly plants, passenger car establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Assembly plants, passenger car employers in South Carolina.

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC (1,698 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 366 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05,00010,00015,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC
Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC (1,698 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 366 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Volvo Car US Operations/Ridgeville, SC has more employees than the Assembly plants, passenger car, on chass median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.8 0.5 18 1 0
2023 1.5 0.8 24 0 0
2022 2.0 1.1 14 0 0
2021 1.9 1.0 15 0 0
2020 3.4 3.0 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336111 · SC · Ridgeville

158 Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 13 employers in Ridgeville, 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 Advanced Technology Development Center 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR KIA Georgia, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR VWGoA Jacksonville PDC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BMW of Manhattan 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trident Regional Medical Center 1,690 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercedez-Benz Vans LLC 1,709 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michelin North America, Inc. - Corporate Site 1,709 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robert Bosch LLC 1,682 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 8980 1,138 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8980 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sundaram Clayton USA, LLC 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7644 123 FTE
NAT-TCR Advance Auto Parts DC 16 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Metalcrafts, A Tecta America Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR San Francisco Public Health Laboratory 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Van Ansem Farms Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mears Group, Inc 1,698 FTE
NAT-SIZE UPMC Senior Communities 1,698 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clev Engine 1 1,698 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oakley FHR 1,698 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.