All Other General Merchandise Stores · Connecticut

2898

Old Saybrook, CT · ~138 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2898 runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical All Other General Merchandise Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

2898: 4.3 TCR = 127% of All Other General Merchandise Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2898 safety composite

2898 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

2898 held a steady TCR band

2898's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Old Saybrook, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 127% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #14/58
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1005…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1005 LEXINGTON, NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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2898 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2898 averages 4.3 TCR (127% of the All Other General Merchandise Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2898 TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 2898 falls in its industry

2,120 All Other General Merchandise establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 58 All Other General Merchandise employers in Connecticut.

2898 (138 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2898
2898 (138 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

2898 has more employees than the All Other General Merchandise Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2021 2.8 2.8 2 1 0
2020 2.9 1.9 2 1 0
2019 7.8 3.9 8 0 0
2018 5.4 2.7 5 1 0
2016 2.6 2.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CT · Old Saybrook

2,120 All Other General Merchandise Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 24 employers in Old Saybrook, CT · 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 Big Lots Store #1005 LEXINGTON, NC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3087 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #540 ST. PETERSBURG, FL 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4548 Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Habasit America Middletown 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Integrated Illumination Systems, Inc. 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE GKN Aerospace Engine Systems, Newington 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Church Hill Classics 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saybrook Point Inn, LLC 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 100688 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100688 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Old Saybrook 125 FTE
NAT-TCR Grapevine DC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialized Paper 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BarOle Trucking, Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Deseret Cattle & Timber 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Babylon ShopRite #835 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grus Services LLC _Field 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Center for Medical Arts 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashton Place Health and Rehab 138 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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