Weather forecasting services · South Carolina

WFO Columbia

West Columbia, SC · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WFO Columbia runs at 438% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Weather forecasting services workplace, earning a grade F.

WFO Columbia: 2.2 TCR = 438% of Weather forecasting services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WFO Columbia safety composite

WFO Columbia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Rising injury rate

WFO Columbia: 0.0 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

WFO Columbia's TCR rose 4.4 from 0.0 in 2018 to 4.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541990 · West Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.2 · 438% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P23
  • PHOTO ARDx Santa Rosa West…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARDx Santa Rosa Westwind Blvd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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WFO Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WFO Columbia averages 2.2 TCR (438% of the Weather forecasting services BLS benchmark).

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

WFO Columbia TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · BLS 0.5

Where WFO Columbia falls in its industry

123 Weather forecasting services establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
WFO Columbia (22 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 152 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 WFO Columbia
WFO Columbia (22 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 152 employees and a TCR of 0.9

WFO Columbia has fewer employees than the Weather forecasting services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2019 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541990 · SC · West Columbia

123 Weather forecasting services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 171 employers in West 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 ARDx Santa Rosa Westwind Blvd. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SERE 400 US NC Southern Pines Tate NC026 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIS Manpower, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medical Equipment Installation, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ISE Newberry Liquid Plant 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summerville SC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville Business Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Medical Center 4,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-02 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1 2,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1 2,722 FTE
NAT-TCR ARI-Tennille 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR General Mills (Albuquerque) 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Glaxo Smith Kline LLC DPC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Koorsen Fire & Security Columbus OH 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blue Water Safe Horizons 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodland Elevator & Fertilizer 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeside Mechanical Contractors 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISS Facility Services, Hewlett Packard Fort Collins 22 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.