Installation of photovoltaic panels · Connecticut

Cheshire Connecticut

Cheshire, CT · ~329 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cheshire Connecticut runs at 434% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Installation of photovoltaic panels workplace, earning a grade F.

Cheshire Connecticut: 12.2 TCR = 434% of Installation of photovoltaic panels BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cheshire Connecticut safety composite

Cheshire Connecticut scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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 12.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−7.0

2016→2024

Cheshire Connecticut injury rate improved

Cheshire Connecticut's TCR fell 7.0 from 11.5 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 31.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.5 · 2017=19.9 · 2018=31.8 · 2019=19.6 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Cheshire, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 434% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #39/40
  • PHOTO Solar Energy Service…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 315 inj
  • SIZE ~329 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solar Energy Services, Inc. Maryland Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cheshire Connecticut in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cheshire Connecticut averages 12.2 TCR (434% of the Installation of photovoltaic panels BLS benchmark).

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

Cheshire Connecticut TCR series: 2016=11.5 · 2017=19.9 · 2018=31.8 · 2019=19.6 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Cheshire Connecticut falls in its industry

4,550 Installation of photovoltaic p establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 40 Installation of photovoltaic p employers in Connecticut.

Cheshire Connecticut (329 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cheshire Connecticut
Cheshire Connecticut (329 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cheshire Connecticut has more employees than the Installation of photovoltaic panels median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.5 4.3 25 0 0
2023 8.6 4.9 41 3 0
2022 3.5 2.5 14 0 0
2021 4.3 3.7 14 1 0
2020 5.6 1.2 18 0 0
2019 19.6 7.0 64 0 0
2018 31.8 7.3 78 0 0
2017 19.9 2.3 43 0 0
2016 11.5 4.5 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · CT · Cheshire

4,550 Installation of photovoltaic panels employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 68 employers in Cheshire, 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 Solar Energy Services, Inc. Maryland Headquarters 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Retrofit Inc 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Electric LLC 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Homewood Electric 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE DANBURY 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE SNE Southern New England 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3548 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2299 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bozzuto's Inc. 1,617 FTE
CITY-NEAR 88500 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cheshire Corectional Institution 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cheshire 385 FTE
NAT-TCR Firestone (82) 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AM Construction Services, Inc. 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dahlonega Hatchery 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Galaxy 1 Marketing, Inc. - Pittsfield 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE New York 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE McAuley Seton Home Care 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Sugar Refining - Yonkers 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Long Beach 329 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, 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.