Explosives manufacturing · Connecticut

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT

Name: Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT Workplace Safety Data
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Moosup, CT · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT safety composite

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT: 0.0 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT's TCR rose 5.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Moosup, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/4
PHOTO Owen Oil Tools
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Owen Oil Tools (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Explosives manufacturing employers in Connecticut.

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT (22 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2022	5.3	0.0	1	0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · CT · Moosup

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 6 employers in Moosup, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Owen Oil Tools	GODLEY, TX	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dyno Nobel	GRAHAM, KY	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin Powder Southeast LLC - Denton	DENTON, NC	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT	SIMSBURY, CT	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Charles River Avian Norwich	NORWICH	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Towantic	OXFORD	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NAES : Kleen	MIDDLETOWN	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water & Sewer - Spring St.	MANCHESTER	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morgan Truck Body LLC MCT	Moosup	101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MG MCT	Moosup	98 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FC: Wauregan	Moosup	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DATTCO - Plainfield	Moosup	52 FTE
NAT-TCR	DPT - Distribution Drive	San Antonio, TX	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Price Less Foods #469	Kingsport, TN	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	6040 Hillside RTS	Hillside, IL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Weiner Iron	Pottsville, PA	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Austin Powder Midsouth LLC - Summit	Blountsville, AL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northeast Industrial Batteries Inc.	Bristol, PA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jones Oil Company Inc	Pikeville, KY	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dawson Tire & Wheel - Holly	Holly, MI	22 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.