Correctional institutions · Connecticut

Cheshire Corectional Institution

Cheshire, CT · ~440 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cheshire Corectional Institution runs at 311% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade F.

Cheshire Corectional Institution: 10.0 TCR = 311% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cheshire Corectional Institution safety composite

Cheshire Corectional Institution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Cheshire Corectional Institution: 6.3 → 15.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024

Cheshire Corectional Institution's TCR rose 9.2 from 6.3 in 2017 to 15.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Cheshire, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 311% of ind

  • DART 12.9 DART
  • RANK #13/19
  • PHOTO CDCR (RJD) RJ Donova…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 278 inj
  • SIZE ~440 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CDCR (RJD) RJ Donovan CF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cheshire Corectional Institution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cheshire Corectional Institution averages 10.0 TCR (311% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

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

Cheshire Corectional Institution TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=13 · 2022=13.5 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=15.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Cheshire Corectional Institution falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Correctional institutions employers in Connecticut.

Cheshire Corectional Institution (440 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Cheshire Corectional Institution
Cheshire Corectional Institution (440 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Cheshire Corectional Institution has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2024 15.5 12.9 58 9 0
2023 10.2 10.2 38 4 0
2022 13.5 13.5 50 2 0
2021 13.0 13.0 46 3 0
2020 6.3 6.3 21 3 0
2019 7.4 7.1 26 2 0
2018 7.5 6.9 22 5 0
2017 6.3 4.2 17 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · CT · Cheshire

482 Correctional institutions 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 CDCR (RJD) RJ Donovan CF 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Correctional Entity (SCORE Jail) 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CIMARRON CORRECTIONAL 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Detention Center 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Spring and Stamping 439 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eppendorf Manufacturing Corporation 442 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trumbull 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5095 438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bozzuto's Inc. 1,617 FTE
CITY-NEAR 88500 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cheshire 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR ELIM PARK BAPTIST HOME INC 381 FTE
NAT-TCR Capitol Steel Products 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilkens Manufacturing, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Asheboro, Nc Branch 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Steinhagen Enterprises, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marshall Pickens Hospital 440 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maloney Properties, Inc. 440 FTE
NAT-SIZE John G. Shedd Aquarium 440 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koyo Bearings NA 440 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.