Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · Connecticut

Carbonella and Desarbo

Branford, CT · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carbonella and Desarbo runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Carbonella and Desarbo: 3.3 TCR = 150% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carbonella and Desarbo safety composite

Carbonella and Desarbo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4996.7

2023→2024

Carbonella and Desarbo injury rate improved

Carbonella and Desarbo's TCR fell 4996.7 from 5000.0 in 2023 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5000.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5000.0 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Branford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 150% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK P72
  • PHOTO Keith Wilcox & Sons
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keith Wilcox & Sons (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carbonella and Desarbo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carbonella and Desarbo averages 3.3 TCR (150% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Carbonella and Desarbo TCR series: 2023=5000 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Carbonella and Desarbo falls in its industry

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Carbonella and Desarbo (65 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Carbonella and Desarbo
Carbonella and Desarbo (65 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Carbonella and Desarbo has fewer employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer 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 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2023 5000.0 5000.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · CT · Branford

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers 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 Keith Wilcox & Sons 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR JHP PRODUCE, INC. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inver Grove Heights 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Connecticut 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acranom Masonry Enterprises 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Automated Building Systems, Inc. CT Office 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE RRSC Bridgeport 65 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 USA Fort Lauderdale 2371 SW 36th St 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Simmons Animal Nutrition-Bridgeville 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bonfiglioli USA 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Solar Atmospheres Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE First Student 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Careone at Evesham Assisted Living 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Construction Group LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rohn Industries 65 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. 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.