Ambulance services, air or ground · Connecticut
American Ambulance Service
Norwich, CT · ~178 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
American Ambulance Service runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade F.
American Ambulance Service: 8.5 TCR = 224% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
American Ambulance Service safety composite
American Ambulance Service scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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 8.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
American Ambulance Service: 10.6 → 11.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2024
American Ambulance Service's TCR rose 0.6 from 10.6 in 2016 to 11.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Norwich, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 224% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #18/32
- PHOTO Jerusalen Home Ambul…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 96 inj
- SIZE ~178 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Jerusalen Home Ambulance Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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American Ambulance Service in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
American Ambulance Service
8.5 TCR
- Jerusalen Home
Jerusalen Home Ambulance Inc
8.5 TCR
- Romed, Inc
Romed, Inc
8.5 TCR
- Apex Paramedic
Apex Paramedics
8.5 TCR
- MedicWest Ope
MedicWest Operations
8.5 TCR
What this shows American Ambulance Service averages 8.5 TCR (224% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
American Ambulance Service TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=9 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=7.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 3.8
Where American Ambulance Service falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 32 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Connecticut.
American Ambulance Service has more employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.1 | 7.0 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.4 | 6.4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · CT · Norwich
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 63 employers in Norwich, 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 | Jerusalen Home Ambulance Inc | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Romed, Inc | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Apex Paramedics | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MedicWest Operations | 8.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ragozzino Foods, INC | 178 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cycling Sports Group, Inc. | 178 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1802 - Newington | 178 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2532-25320184 | 178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BACKUS HOSPITAL | 1,819 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The William W Backus Hospital | 1,604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Arc Eastern Connecticut | 467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SNE Southern New England | 329 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Paint Booth Equipment Solutions LLC - Seguin | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Comedy Club of Pittsburgh LLC | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Precision Custom Components, LLC | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BlueEarth Marine LLC | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cypress Care Center | 178 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 583 - San Antonio Tx | 178 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 055 | 178 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waltco Inc | 178 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.