Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers · Connecticut

Bender Management, Inc.

Name: Bender Management, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Norwalk, CT · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bender Management, Inc. runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Bender Management, Inc.: 0.5 TCR = 25% of Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bender Management, Inc. safety composite

Bender Management, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bender Management, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 7.04× in 2024

Bender Management, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 7.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Norwalk, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 25% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #1/31
PHOTO The Carr Company
BOOK 7y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Carr Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schmidt's Whol

0.6
This site

0.5
The Carr Compa

0.5
Jones Stephens

0.5
Lincoln Winwat

0.5

What this shows Bender Management, Inc. averages 0.5 TCR (25% of the Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Bender Management, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Bender Management, Inc. falls in its industry

853 Plumbing and heating valves me establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade A

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 31 Plumbing and heating valves me employers in Connecticut.

Bender Management, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Bender Management, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating valves merchant who median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024	3.8	3.8	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · CT · Norwalk

853 Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 140 employers in Norwalk, 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	The Carr Company	BOCA RATON, FL	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Schmidt's Wholesale	MONTICELLO, NY	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jones Stephens Corp: AL Moody-3249 Moody Parkway (2670)	MOODY, AL	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lincoln Winwater Works Co	LINCOLN, NE	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WaterCo of New England	DANBURY	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sarazin General Contractors, Inc.	NORTH WINDHAM	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Warehouse/Garage	PLAINVILLE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1134 - BELFOR Wallingford CT	WALLINGFORD	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	1,595 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Norwalk Public Schools	Norwalk	1,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WLWAH	Norwalk	954 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Atlantic Coast Enterprises, LLC	Norwalk	689 FTE
NAT-TCR	Craven County Wood Energy	New Bern, NC	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Felice Trucking Service Inc	Rome, NY	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMEREN MISSOURI - MO MGO Gas	Columbia, MO	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spartech LLC	Salisbury, MD	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northland Equipment	Janesville, WI	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gum Creek Farms, Inc	Defuniak Springs, FL	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hajoca 311	Wyoming, MI	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hajoca 718	Mesquite, TX	26 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: 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.