Charleston, SC

South Carolina operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Charleston, SC is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

Employers with the most severe injuries in Charleston

Example incidents

• Container Maintenance Corporation CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · 2025-08-14 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area

  An employee was securing a power cord to a refrigerated truck container. A truck started backing up to connect with the container and the employee was pinned between the tires of the container and the bolster of the truck, resulting in a fractured leg.

• Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · 2024-06-04 · Collision with stationary object, nonroadway

  An employee was using a yard truck to transport an empty export container back to the ship to be loaded. While driving through the container yard, the yard truck went off the road and struck the concrete base of a light post. The employee sustained a laceration to his lip and a contusion and closed fracture to his sternum.

• Ports America CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · 2023-03-01 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area

  An employee was directing traffic on a deck. After giving the driver of a cargo van directions, the employee then turned his back to the vehicle and walked backward as it moved forward. The rear of the chassis struck the employee and knocked him to the ground, and he was then run over by the rear tires. The employee suffered broken bones, along with multiple other injuries.

• SSA-Marine CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · 2019-07-12 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.

  An employee was sitting on the rear tire of a lift truck when it pulled forward and turned to the left. The employee sustained a broken leg.

• Container Maintenance Corporation CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · 2019-01-04 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

  An employee was adjusting the pin lock on a chassis that had a container that was not sitting flush to it. The employee struck the pin multiple times with a hammer in the left hand and chisel in the right hand. On the last swing of the hammer, the chisel hit the pin and then slipped, sending the employee's right ring finger under the container as it fell flush to the chassis. The employee's right ring finger was crushed between the chassis and container, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

• Container Maintenance Corporation CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · 2017-08-16 · Exposure to environmental heat

  An employee was not feeling well while servicing a truck. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.