K-5 School · Connecticut

Chase Elementary School

Waterbury, CT · ~98 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chase Elementary School runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical K-5 School workplace, earning a grade F.

Chase Elementary School: 4.0 TCR = 289% of K-5 School BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chase Elementary School safety composite

Chase Elementary School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.76 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chase Elementary School: 3.2 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2023

Chase Elementary School's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.2 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.0 · 289% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #146/381
  • PHOTO Kalmiopsis Elementar…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kalmiopsis Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chase Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chase Elementary School averages 4.0 TCR (289% of the K-5 School BLS benchmark).

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

Chase Elementary School TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 1.4

Where Chase Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 K-5 School establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #146 safest of 381 K-5 School employers in Connecticut.

Chase Elementary School (98 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Chase Elementary School
Chase Elementary School (98 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Chase Elementary School has more employees than the K-5 School median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2023 4.8 4.8 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2020 5.6 1.9 3 0 0
2019 5.6 3.8 3 0 0
2018 7.5 3.8 4 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2016 3.2 1.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · CT · Waterbury

3,374 K-5 School 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 Kalmiopsis Elementary School 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Madrona Elementary School 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Ridge School 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middle School 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - East Hampton 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridgeport WWTP 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJ Fucci Construction 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berlin Steel - CT Office 98 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 Mobile Schillinger Dirt Cheap 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Precision Inc 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 210 East 64th Street 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1610 Barlow 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE John Eagle Honda of Dallas 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Ceiling Corp 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Traverse Container-TC 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sharon High 98 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.