Hardware Stores · Vermont

Colchester VT

Colchester, VT · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colchester VT runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Colchester VT: 5.3 TCR = 156% of Hardware Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colchester VT safety composite

Colchester VT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−15.9

2018→2024

Colchester VT injury rate improved

Colchester VT's TCR fell 15.9 from 15.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Colchester, VT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 156% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO SAGINAW, MI #00188
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SAGINAW, MI #00188 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colchester VT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colchester VT averages 5.3 TCR (156% of the Hardware Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Colchester VT TCR series: 2018=15.9 · 2019=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Colchester VT falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware Stores establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Vermont alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Hardware Stores employers in Vermont.

Colchester VT (21 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 Colchester VT
Colchester VT (21 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Colchester VT has fewer employees than the Hardware Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 15.9 10.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · VT · Colchester

1,493 Hardware Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,065 rated employers in Vermont with headcount on file · 31 employers in Colchester, VT · 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 SAGINAW, MI #00188 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR True Value Hardware 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR TUCSON, AZ #00036 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOBERLY, MO #03356 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE J.A. Morrissey, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Groennfell Meadery 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vermont Container Corp 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Surface Creation of VT - Burlington 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Green Mountain Electric Supply, INC. 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0314 - COLCHESTER VT WHSE 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADA Traffic Control, ltd 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Janitech Services , LLC 172 FTE
NAT-TCR 2987 Ctv172 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gd3, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hastings Bulb Growers, Inc 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridott Plant 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berger Transfer & Storage, Inc- Houston 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindsay 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Inc 21 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.