Mattresses (i.e., box spring, innerspring, noninnerspring) manufacturing · Connecticut
Blue Bell
East Windsor, CT · ~196 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blue Bell runs at 283% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mattresses (i.e., box spring, innerspring, noninnerspring) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Blue Bell: 9.3 TCR = 283% of Mattresses (i.e., box spring, innerspring, noninnerspring) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blue Bell safety composite
Blue Bell scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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
Blue Bell: 9.6 → 10.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 11.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2021
Blue Bell's TCR rose 0.7 from 9.6 in 2016 to 10.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337910 · East Windsor, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 283% of ind
- DART 8.5 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Serta Simmons Beddin…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 116 inj
- SIZE ~196 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Serta Simmons Bedding Windsor Locks (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blue Bell in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Johnson City B
Johnson City Bedding Company
9.5 TCR
- This site
Blue Bell
9.3 TCR
- Serta Simmons
Serta Simmons Bedding Windsor Locks
9.3 TCR
- Brentwood Home
Brentwood Home
9.1 TCR
- Simmons Beddin
Simmons Bedding
9 TCR
What this shows Blue Bell averages 9.3 TCR (283% of the Mattresses (i.e., box spring, innerspring, noninnerspring) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Blue Bell TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=11.5 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Blue Bell falls in its industry
160 Mattresses (i.e., box spring, establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Mattresses (i.e., box spring, employers in Connecticut.
Blue Bell has more employees than the Mattresses (i.e., box spring, innersprin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337910 · CT · East Windsor
160 Mattresses (i.e., box spring, innerspring, noninnerspring) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 43 employers in East Windsor, 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 | Serta Simmons Bedding Windsor Locks | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Johnson City Bedding Company | 9.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brentwood Home | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Simmons Bedding | 9.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SWPC Plastics, LLC | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Auto Sales, Inc | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sectra Inc. | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - WESTPORT | 196 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Aslpundh Tree Expert LLC-46 | 618 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC- 046 | 512 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2282 | 393 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2282 | 369 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Anaco | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Phillipsburg Center | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Colony Factory Crafted Homes | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nvnov - Lone Mountain Village | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SiCar Farms .Ltd .Co | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GEA | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Healthplex | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Touchmark in the West Hills LLC | 196 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.