Mechanical contractors · South Carolina
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc.
Columbia, SC · ~115 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 199% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. safety composite
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
Rising injury rate
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc.: 3.6 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2022
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 3.6 in 2019 to 6.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 199% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #42/54
- PHOTO Redlands Plumbing He…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Redlands Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc.
5.6 TCR
- Redlands Plumb
Redlands Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
5.6 TCR
- Neumann Plumbi
Neumann Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
5.6 TCR
- Midwestern Mec
Midwestern Mechanical - Rapid
5.6 TCR
- Construction
Construction
5.6 TCR
What this shows W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (199% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.6 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=6.5 · BLS 2.8
Where W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. falls in its industry
5,793 Mechanical contractors establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 54 Mechanical contractors employers in South Carolina.
W.B. Guimarin & Co Inc. has more employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · SC · Columbia
5,793 Mechanical contractors 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 | Redlands Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Neumann Plumbing and Heating, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwestern Mechanical - Rapid | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Construction | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | International Paper Georgetown Container | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4176 Greer Sheet Plant | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ORBIS Packaging | 115 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 | TUL-ODFL | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lunds & Byerlys, Woodbury | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Automated Casting Facility | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6400-SWY-0017-0017-01684 | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 5 Star Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Inc. | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southland Paving Inc. | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Erdrich USA Inc. | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CLHP Operations LLC | 115 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.