Solid waste combustors and incinerators · Connecticut

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company

Preston, CT · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Solid waste combustors and incinerators workplace, earning a grade B.

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company: 1.6 TCR = 60% of Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company safety composite

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2019

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Preston, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 60% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Covanta Long Beach R…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Covanta Long Beach Renewable Energy Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company averages 1.6 TCR (60% of the Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS benchmark).

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

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors and inc establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Solid waste combustors and inc employers in Connecticut.

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company (44 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company
Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company (44 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company has fewer employees than the Solid waste combustors and incinerators median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2019 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · CT · Preston

74 Solid waste combustors and incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 5 employers in Preston, 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 Covanta Long Beach Renewable Energy Corp. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Stanislaus, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Haverhill, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covanta Camden GP, LLC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Division 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Pipe Services- CT 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FOLEY'S PUMP SERVICE 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weatherproof and New England Smart Energy 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southeast Area Transit District 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Overhead Door Co of Norwich, Incorporated 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preston General Government 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preston Fire Department 18 FTE
NAT-TCR Impact Fire Services (San Antonio Office) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunting Energy Services, LLC Trenchless Division 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pentair Filtration Solutions, LLC - Hanover Park 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CORTEC 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covanta Babylon, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vineland 6752 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix-N-Peace #1 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joshen Paper & Packaging of AR 44 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: 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.