General services departments, government · Connecticut

City of New Haven Department of Public Works

New Haven, CT · ~152 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of New Haven Department of Public Works runs at 689% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of New Haven Department of Public Works: 22.0 TCR = 689% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of New Haven Department of Public Works safety composite

City of New Haven Department of Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 28.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

City of New Haven Department of Public Works: 15.6 → 28.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 28.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2024

City of New Haven Department of Public Works's TCR rose 12.9 from 15.6 in 2019 to 28.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · New Haven, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 22.0 · 689% of ind

  • DART 28.5 DART
  • RANK #120/124
  • PHOTO Public Works Departm…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Works Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of New Haven Department of Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of New Haven Department of Public Works averages 22.0 TCR (689% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

City of New Haven Department of Public Works TCR series: 2019=15.6 · 2024=28.5 · BLS 3.2

Where City of New Haven Department of Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #120 safest of 124 General services departments, employers in Connecticut.

City of New Haven Department of Public Works (152 employees, TCR 22.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of New Haven Department of Public Works
City of New Haven Department of Public Works (152 employees, TCR 22.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of New Haven Department of Public Works has more employees than the General services departments, government 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
2024 28.5 28.5 41 0 0
2019 15.6 15.6 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · CT · New Haven

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 233 employers in New Haven, 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 Department 22.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Tustin 22.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yuba County Juvenile Hall/Camp Singer 22.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 22.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-CT-South Windsor 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Conair LLC - East Windsor, NJ 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE HPC Foodservice 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-3248 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yale-New Haven Hospital 15,725 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation 3,514 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Haven Sales/Admin. 1,001 FTE
CITY-NEAR Administrative Office 978 FTE
NAT-TCR Flint Cliffs Manufacturing 22.0 TCR
NAT-TCR St Marys Foundry 22.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kre-Bsl Husky Drum Hill Operation LLC 22.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 01-Denton 22.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jones Lumber Co., Inc. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fletcher 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willmar Electric Service Corp 152 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.