Home health agencies · Connecticut
A Caring Hand
Vernon, CT · ~220 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 5.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
A Caring Hand runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Home health agencies workplace, earning a grade C.
A Caring Hand: 5.4 TCR = 104% of Home health agencies BLS 5.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
A Caring Hand safety composite
A Caring Hand scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−3.7
2016→2019
A Caring Hand injury rate improved
A Caring Hand's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.2 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.2 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621610 · Vernon, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.4 · 104% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #26/59
- PHOTO CS Aurora
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~220 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CS Aurora (0.0 TCR gap)
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A Caring Hand in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
A Caring Hand
5.4 TCR
- CS Aurora
CS Aurora
5.4 TCR
- Hospice
Hospice
5.4 TCR
- TRP
TRP
5.4 TCR
- MHA
MHA
5.4 TCR
What this shows A Caring Hand averages 5.4 TCR (104% of the Home health agencies BLS benchmark).
A Caring Hand TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 5.2
Where A Caring Hand falls in its industry
3,635 Home health agencies establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 59 Home health agencies employers in Connecticut.
A Caring Hand has more employees than the Home health agencies 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621610 · CT · Vernon
3,635 Home health agencies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 43 employers in Vernon, 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 | CS Aurora | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hospice | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TRP | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MHA | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Millstone Nuclear Plant | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Windsor Factory | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1249 - South Windsor | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Haven Board of Education - Wilbur Cross | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockville General Hospital | 276 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Manor HCC | 179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Visiting Nurse and Health Services | 176 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 100613 | 159 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Geremia Swimming Pool Service | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tops #372 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tops #400 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3 - Theisen's - Dewitt | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakefront Lines Cleveland | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Colonial Heights Health Care Center | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Construction | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | #524 North Brunswick Shoprite | 220 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.