Solid Waste Collection · Connecticut

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport

Milford, CT · ~16 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport: 6.0 TCR = 230% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport safety composite

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−8.4

2020→2023

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport injury rate improved

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport's TCR fell 8.4 from 13.8 in 2020 to 5.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=13.8 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Milford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 230% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #29/47
  • PHOTO S03234 - WM of the R…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03234 - WM of the Rockies - Grand Junction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ash Drivers / Bridgeport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ash Drivers / Bridgeport averages 6.0 TCR (230% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport TCR series: 2020=13.8 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Ash Drivers / Bridgeport falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 47 Solid Waste Collection employers in Connecticut.

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport (16 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ash Drivers / Bridgeport
Ash Drivers / Bridgeport (16 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Ash Drivers / Bridgeport has fewer employees than the Solid Waste Collection median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023 5.4 5.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2020 13.8 13.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CT · Milford

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 130 employers in Milford, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR S03234 - WM of the Rockies - Grand Junction 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Womack Sanitation 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Industries Delaware North 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of PA LLC 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Town of East Lyme Water/Sewer 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barkhamsted Headquarters 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Waterford Utility Commission 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edgewell 808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milford Hospital 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus 559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edgewell Personal care 526 FTE
NAT-TCR Geisinger Medical Center Hospital 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rooster Philben dba Stout Management 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bel Air Continuing Care Center Ltd. Co. d/b/a Bel Air at Teravista 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR United States Building Supply, Inc 6.0 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.