Kennels, pet boarding · Connecticut

Candlewick Kennels

Glastonbury, CT · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.4
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Candlewick Kennels runs at 780% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Kennels, pet boarding workplace, earning a grade F.

Candlewick Kennels: 16.4 TCR = 780% of Kennels, pet boarding BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Candlewick Kennels safety composite

Candlewick Kennels scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 16.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−11.5

2018→2019

Candlewick Kennels injury rate improved

Candlewick Kennels's TCR fell 11.5 from 22.1 in 2018 to 10.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=22.1 · 2019=10.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812910 · Glastonbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.4 · 780% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK P46
  • PHOTO Centerville ACAC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Centerville ACAC (0.4 TCR gap)

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Candlewick Kennels in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Candlewick Kennels averages 16.4 TCR (780% of the Kennels, pet boarding BLS benchmark).

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

Candlewick Kennels TCR series: 2018=22.1 · 2019=10.7 · BLS 2.1

Where Candlewick Kennels falls in its industry

65 Kennels, pet boarding establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 15.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Candlewick Kennels (34 employees, TCR 16.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8 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 0200400600 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Candlewick Kennels
Candlewick Kennels (34 employees, TCR 16.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

Candlewick Kennels has fewer employees than the Kennels, pet boarding median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 15.8. 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
2019 10.7 3.5 3 0 0
2018 22.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812910 · CT · Glastonbury

65 Kennels, pet boarding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 61 employers in Glastonbury, 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 Centerville ACAC 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mohave County Animal Shelter 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Animal Center, Inc. 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Los Angeles County Animal Care 17.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Herb Holden Trucking, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Waterbury Freight 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mattern Construction Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE City Of Meriden Public Works 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Company Wide 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR TheKey - CT, Glastonbury (100 Western Blvd.) 434 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glastonbury Town Hall 406 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10336 Glastonbury 290 FTE
NAT-TCR Safety Contractors Inc 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Missouri River Center 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 467 Cooper Street Operating Company, LLC 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Napa Center (Canap) 16.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE TFC Jackson Feedmill 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palmhurst Store 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE McColl Store 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brownsville Store 34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.