Housewares stores · Connecticut

Blue Black Square #641

West Hartford, CT · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Black Square #641 runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Housewares stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Blue Black Square #641: 3.0 TCR = 87% of Housewares stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Black Square #641 safety composite

Blue Black Square #641 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

TCR Δ

−12.8

2016→2024

Blue Black Square #641 injury rate improved

Blue Black Square #641's TCR fell 12.8 from 12.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.8 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442299 · West Hartford, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/36
  • PHOTO HG799
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HG799 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Black Square #641 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Black Square #641 averages 3.0 TCR (87% of the Housewares stores BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Black Square #641 TCR series: 2016=12.8 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Blue Black Square #641 falls in its industry

2,162 Housewares stores establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 36 Housewares stores employers in Connecticut.

Blue Black Square #641 (42 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Black Square #641
Blue Black Square #641 (42 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Blue Black Square #641 has more employees than the Housewares stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2017 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2016 12.8 8.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442299 · CT · West Hartford

2,162 Housewares stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 118 employers in West Hartford, 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 HG799 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Kennesaw 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR buybuy Baby Paramus 3003 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR buybuy Baby Hurst 3052 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kronenberger & Sons Restoration, LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE VMS Construction Company 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROTHA Contracting Company, Inc. 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Triumph Group 537 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legrand Wiremold West Hartford 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Hebrew Center for Health and Rehabilitation 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC 425 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #0230 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #0002 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Falls 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanderson Farms Foods Division 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston BNSF 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Key Cooperative - Sully 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Webb Plumbing, Heating & Electric Corp 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Book Fairs - Chicago 42 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.