Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · Connecticut

Chase River Road ICES

Waterbury, CT · ~111 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chase River Road ICES runs at 400% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade F.

Chase River Road ICES: 15.2 TCR = 400% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chase River Road ICES safety composite

Chase River Road ICES scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−13.5

2021→2023

Chase River Road ICES injury rate improved

Chase River Road ICES's TCR fell 13.5 from 23.1 in 2021 to 9.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=23.1 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 400% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #35/38
  • PHOTO Work Skills Corporat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Work Skills Corporation Residential (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chase River Road ICES in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chase River Road ICES averages 15.2 TCR (400% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

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

Chase River Road ICES TCR series: 2021=23.1 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=9.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Chase River Road ICES falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 38 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in Connecticut.

Chase River Road ICES (111 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Chase River Road ICES
Chase River Road ICES (111 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Chase River Road ICES has more employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 9.5 6.8 7 0 0
2022 13.1 7.3 9 0 0
2021 23.1 12.4 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · CT · Waterbury

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) 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 Work Skills Corporation Residential 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Women's Bean Project 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearance Corner 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boardman Goodwill Store 15.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE John J Brennan Construction Co., Inc 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE BT Cromwell 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nutmeg Container Corporation 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Imperial Electronic Assemly, Inc. 111 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 San Jose Gardens 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-02824 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 354766-Liv-Bayberry Br 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 215057-Lake Charles Po 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Caruso Inc 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mi-Kee-Tro Metal Mfg. 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilex Poly - Richmond 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Halcore Group Inc. DBA Leader Industries 111 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.