Discount Department Stores · Connecticut

2156 - Waterbury

Name: 2156 - Waterbury Workplace Safety Data
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Waterbury, CT · ~172 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

2156 - Waterbury runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

2156 - Waterbury: 9.1 TCR = 268% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2156 - Waterbury safety composite

2156 - Waterbury scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

2156 - Waterbury: 2.5 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 20.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024

2156 - Waterbury's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.5 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 20.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 268% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #30/34
PHOTO 0981 - Cobb
BOOK 5y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0981 - Cobb (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.1
0981 - Cobb

9.1
1078 - Greensb

9.1
Ross store 600

9.1
2877 - Glendal

9.1

What this shows 2156 - Waterbury averages 9.1 TCR (268% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

2156 - Waterbury TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2021=15.9 · 2022=20.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.4

Where 2156 - Waterbury falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 34 Discount Department Stores employers in Connecticut.

2156 - Waterbury (172 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2156 - Waterbury has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher 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
2024	3.2	3.2	3	0
2023	3.4	2.2	3	0
2022	20.5	20.5	7	12
2021	15.9	12.7	2	13
2019	2.5	1.3	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · CT · Waterbury

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	0981 - Cobb	KENNESAW, GA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1078 - Greensboro Wendover	GREENSBORO, NC	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 600	LAKEWOOD, WA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2877 - Glendale North Shore	GLENDALE, WI	9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rogers Corporation ACS-E	ROGERS	172 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hubbell Newtown	NEWTOWN	172 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stamford Town Center 020	STAMFORD	172 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2897	SOUTHINGTON	172 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Naugatuck Valley Community College	Waterbury	1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR	Champagne Metals - Indiana	Middlebury, IN	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	0981 - Cobb	Kennesaw, GA	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Superior Cattle Feeders, LLC	Calipatria, CA	9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Design Octaves	Soquel, CA	9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2206 - Nampa	Nampa, ID	172 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2136 - Puyallup South	Puyallup, WA	172 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2068 - Waterford Park	Clarksville, IN	172 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Centrex Plastics	Findlay, OH	172 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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