Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing · Connecticut

Carpin Manufacturing Inc.

Waterbury, CT · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. runs at 393% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Carpin Manufacturing Inc.: 13.0 TCR = 393% of Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. safety composite

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−3.8

2022→2024

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. injury rate improved

Carpin Manufacturing Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 11.9 in 2022 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.9 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332510 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 393% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO General Motors Roche…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: General Motors Rochester Operations (1.3 TCR gap)

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Carpin Manufacturing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carpin Manufacturing Inc. averages 13.0 TCR (393% of the Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. TCR series: 2022=11.9 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Carpin Manufacturing Inc. falls in its industry

189 Furniture hardware, metal, man establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Furniture hardware, metal, man employers in Connecticut.

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. (57 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Carpin Manufacturing Inc.
Carpin Manufacturing Inc. (57 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Carpin Manufacturing Inc. has fewer employees than the Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 8.1 4.1 3 1 0
2023 18.9 9.4 4 4 0
2022 11.9 6.8 4 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332510 · CT · Waterbury

189 Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, 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 General Motors Rochester Operations 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franklin Development Company LLC 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexco Grand Rapids Main 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CRAIN CUTTER COMPANY 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rogers Orchards 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fusco Corporation 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office, Shop, Yard & Jobsites 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Masonry and Building Restoration 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Hotel Caza 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Provident Electric Inc Dept 2 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Egan Construction, LLC 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bets Choice Roofing East LLC 13.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Koehler Company 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elizabeth Shutters, Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Grand Prairie 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snoyer Signs LLC dba Big Visual Group 57 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.