Sewage treatment plant construction · Connecticut

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc.

Name: C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Torrington, CT · ~188 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sewage treatment plant construction workplace, earning a grade C.

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 90% of Sewage treatment plant construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. safety composite

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc.: 1.3 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 1.3 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Torrington, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 90% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #4/11
PHOTO JARRETT BUILDERS, INC.
BOOK 8y book
INJ 31 inj
SIZE ~188 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JARRETT BUILDERS, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
JARRETT BUILDE

2.5
Pittard Constr

2.5
DCW Contractor

2.5
Office

2.5

What this shows C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (90% of the Sewage treatment plant construction BLS benchmark).

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Sewage treatment plant constru establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Sewage treatment plant constru employers in Connecticut.

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. (188 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

C.H. Nickerson, & Co., Inc. has more employees than the Sewage treatment plant construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024	2.4	2.4	4	0
2023	4.0	3.3	5	1
2022	2.6	2.0	4	0
2021	3.5	1.8	6	0
2020	1.6	1.1	3	0
2019	2.5	2.0	5	0
2018	2.2	0.0	2	1
2017	1.3	0.0	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CT · Torrington

1,614 Sewage treatment plant construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 87 employers in Torrington, 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	JARRETT BUILDERS, INC.	NASHVILLE, TN	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pittard Construction Company	ALLEN, TX	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DCW Contractors, Inc	VISALIA, CA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Office	EL CAJON, CA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Carla's Pasta	SOUTH WINDSOR	188 FTE
STATE-SIZE	St. Vincent's Medical Center - Westport Campus	WESTPORT	188 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Laurel Ridge Health Care Center	RIDGEFIELD	188 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crestfield Rehabilitation Center & Fenwood Manor	MANCHESTER	188 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL	Torrington	949 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (540)	Torrington	924 FTE
CITY-NEAR	O&G Entire Company	Torrington	801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	O&G Industries, Inc.	Torrington	783 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bud of California Cauliflower	Salinas, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	W2Fuel, LLC	Adrian, MI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Merrill's Packaging Inc.	Burlingame, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Main Office	Jacksonville, FL	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JW Peterson Painting, Inc.	Livermore, CA	188 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Turenne PharMedCo	Montgomery, AL	188 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Combined Systems Inc	Jamestown, PA	188 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tennessee Family Solutions	Smyrna, TN	188 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.

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