Variety stores · Connecticut

302 Canton CT

Canton, CT · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

302 Canton CT runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade D.

302 Canton CT: 4.5 TCR = 132% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

302 Canton CT safety composite

302 Canton CT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

302 Canton CT: 0.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

302 Canton CT's TCR rose 9.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Canton, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 132% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #15/58
  • PHOTO Sequim
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sequim (0.0 TCR gap)

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302 Canton CT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 302 Canton CT averages 4.5 TCR (132% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

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

302 Canton CT TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=9 · BLS 3.4

Where 302 Canton CT falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #15 safest of 58 Variety stores employers in Connecticut.

302 Canton CT (76 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 302 Canton CT
302 Canton CT (76 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

302 Canton CT has more employees than the Variety 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
2017 9.0 9.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CT · Canton

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 22 employers in Canton, 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 Sequim 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4237 HOUSTON, TX 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #410 COLUMBUS, OH 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5339 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Torrington 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ferguson Electric 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Brands LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratis Visuals LLC 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Arc of the Farmington Valley, Inc. 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Favarh - The ARC of the Farmington Valley 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cherry Brook Health Care Center 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR ShopRite of Canton 164 FTE
NAT-TCR R4 - Big Flats 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Evergreen Village - Normal 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rome Business Office - 800 Broad St. Rome 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. TAFA Division 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Mexico LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Brookhaven LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE PolyOne Corporation Kennesaw 76 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: 2017, 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.