Water control and quality program administration · Connecticut

City Of Meriden Water Department

Meriden, CT · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City Of Meriden Water Department runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water control and quality program administration workplace, earning a grade F.

City Of Meriden Water Department: 8.5 TCR = 265% of Water control and quality program administration BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City Of Meriden Water Department safety composite

City Of Meriden Water Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−19.6

2017→2024

City Of Meriden Water Department injury rate improved

City Of Meriden Water Department's TCR fell 19.6 from 26.4 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 26.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=26.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=16.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924110 · Meriden, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 265% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/15
  • PHOTO Public Works - Opera…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Works - Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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City Of Meriden Water Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City Of Meriden Water Department averages 8.5 TCR (265% of the Water control and quality program administration BLS benchmark).

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

City Of Meriden Water Department TCR series: 2017=26.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=5 · 2021=16.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.2

Where City Of Meriden Water Department falls in its industry

131 Water control and quality prog establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #10 safest of 15 Water control and quality prog employers in Connecticut.

City Of Meriden Water Department (33 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate City Of Meriden Water Department
City Of Meriden Water Department (33 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

City Of Meriden Water Department has fewer employees than the Water control and quality program admini 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 6.8 0.0 2 0 0
2023 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2021 16.9 0.0 3 2 0
2020 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2019 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 26.4 0.0 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924110 · CT · Meriden

131 Water control and quality program administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 115 employers in Meriden, 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 Public Works - Operations 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works Department 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maintenance Center 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Phoenix G80 Water Serv 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Greater New Haven WPCA 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority - Administrative Bldg. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Nutmeg Companies, Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE LaFramboise Well Drilling, Inc. 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRDNCT04 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radio Frequency Systems - Meriden, CT 402 FTE
NAT-TCR Tyler Road Plant 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR MVS (Missouri Valley Steel) 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AZP033 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CAN040 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04163 - Woodside RDF 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barrels Unlimited Inc. Fresno 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04402 - Medley Landfill and Recycling Center 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ridgeview Glass Inc 33 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.