Plumbing and heating inline valves (e.g., check, cutoffs, stop) manufacturing · Connecticut

C. Cowles & Company

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North Haven, CT · ~67 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

C. Cowles & Company runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plumbing and heating inline valves (e.g., check, cutoffs, stop) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

C. Cowles & Company: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Plumbing and heating inline valves (e.g., check, cutoffs, stop) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C. Cowles & Company safety composite

C. Cowles & Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

C. Cowles & Company: 3.3 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2019

C. Cowles & Company's TCR rose 1.0 from 3.3 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332919 · North Haven, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK P62
PHOTO Akron Brass
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Akron Brass (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
Akron Brass

2.2
Weldbend Corpo

2.2
Dixon Specialt

2.1
Conbraco Indus

2.1

What this shows C. Cowles & Company averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Plumbing and heating inline valves (e.g., check, cutoffs, stop) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

C. Cowles & Company TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where C. Cowles & Company falls in its industry

100 Plumbing and heating inline va establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

C. Cowles & Company (67 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 2.8

C. Cowles & Company has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating inline valves (e.g. median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2019	4.3	1.4	3
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	1.1	1.1	1
2016	3.3	1.6	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332919 · CT · North Haven

100 Plumbing and heating inline valves (e.g., check, cutoffs, stop) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 95 employers in North Haven, 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	Akron Brass	WOOSTER, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Weldbend Corporation	ARGO, IL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dixon Specialty Products	CHESTERTOWN, MD	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Conbraco Industries - Pearl Street	PAGELAND, SC	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Frank Capasso and Sons, Inc	NORTHFORD	67 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D/E/F Services Group, Ltd. Main Office	GRISWOLD	67 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eastford-CT - 224	EASTFORD	67 FTE
STATE-SIZE	R & R Corrugated Container Inc	BRISTOL	67 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BDL3	North Haven	4,773 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BDL3	North Haven	4,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CT-01	North Haven	4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medtonic	North Haven	2,818 FTE
NAT-TCR	47 - W. Pittsburg (Shearer's)	Oakdale, PA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Foley Products Company - Franklin Plant	Franklin, TN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Easter Seals Hawaii - Ewa Service Center	Ewa Beach, HI	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mondelez	Richmond, VA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kind	Kutztown, PA	67 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Buhler Versatile USA, Inc.	Willmar, MN	67 FTE
NAT-SIZE	L'Arche Erie PA	Erie, PA	67 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals	Grafton, WI	67 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: 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.