Used merchandise stores · Connecticut

Branford Store

Branford, CT · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Branford Store runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Branford Store: 5.1 TCR = 150% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Branford Store safety composite

Branford Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Branford Store: 9.6 → 12.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024

Branford Store's TCR rose 2.8 from 9.6 in 2017 to 12.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Branford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 150% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #16/39
  • PHOTO Provo UT DI
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Provo UT DI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Branford Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Branford Store averages 5.1 TCR (150% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

Branford Store TCR series: 2017=9.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=12.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Branford Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 39 Used merchandise stores employers in Connecticut.

Branford Store (25 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Branford Store
Branford Store (25 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Branford Store has fewer employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 12.4 6.2 2 0 0
2023 5.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.8 6.8 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.4 6.4 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.6 9.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · CT · Branford

1,556 Used merchandise stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 75 employers in Branford, 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 Provo UT DI 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 73 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5264 Batesville 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland Store 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woodstock Building Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE E&N Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clearheart Construction Company, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Northeast Companies 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Branford Public Schools 577 FTE
CITY-NEAR Branford High School 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSC Enterprises, Incorporated d/b/a 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Connecticut Hospice 212 FTE
NAT-TCR Lyons & Hohl Site Contractor 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Claremont Properties, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Middle Georgia Electric Membership Cooperation 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 211 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Central United Corporation 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin Valleys Public Power District 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tracey Gear & Precision Shaft 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ElecTech Contracting, Inc. 25 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. 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.