Variety stores · Connecticut

325 Meriden CT

Meriden, CT · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
35.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

325 Meriden CT runs at 1050% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade F.

325 Meriden CT: 35.7 TCR = 1050% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

325 Meriden CT safety composite

325 Meriden CT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 35.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 24.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

TCR Δ

−22.2

2016→2017

325 Meriden CT injury rate improved

325 Meriden CT's TCR fell 22.2 from 46.8 in 2016 to 24.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 46.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=46.8 · 2017=24.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 35.7 · 1050% of ind

  • DART 24.6 DART
  • RANK #58/58
  • PHOTO 409 Concord NH
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 409 Concord NH (8.5 TCR gap)

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325 Meriden CT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 325 Meriden CT averages 35.7 TCR (1050% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

325 Meriden CT TCR series: 2016=46.8 · 2017=24.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 325 Meriden CT falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #58 safest of 58 Variety stores employers in Connecticut.

325 Meriden CT (66 employees, TCR 35.7) 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate 325 Meriden CT
325 Meriden CT (66 employees, TCR 35.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

325 Meriden 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 24.6 24.6 6 0 0
2016 46.8 38.3 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CT · Meriden

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 115 employers in Meriden, 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 409 Concord NH 27.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 407 Portsmouth NH 26.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4738 Flagstaff, AZ 19.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5472 Jefferson, NC 18.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Town of Wethersfield - Physical Services Department 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Haven Board of Education - Roberto Clemente 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norwalk Drivers 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Putnam 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRDNCT04 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radio Frequency Systems - Meriden, CT 402 FTE
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EWR - Ground Ops 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Emco Wheaton Retail Corp. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Fredericktown Inc 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - Walnut Creek 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE VC047 - VCI - Las Vegas 66 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.