Motor vehicle metal parts stamping · Connecticut

Cowles Stamping, Inc

New Haven, CT · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cowles Stamping, Inc runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor vehicle metal parts stamping workplace, earning a grade B.

Cowles Stamping, Inc: 3.1 TCR = 58% of Motor vehicle metal parts stamping BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cowles Stamping, Inc safety composite

Cowles Stamping, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−6.3

2016→2017

Cowles Stamping, Inc injury rate improved

Cowles Stamping, Inc's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · New Haven, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO SHIROKI North Americ…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SHIROKI North America - Smithville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cowles Stamping, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cowles Stamping, Inc averages 3.1 TCR (58% of the Motor vehicle metal parts stamping BLS benchmark).

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

Cowles Stamping, Inc TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=0 · BLS 5.4

Where Cowles Stamping, Inc falls in its industry

510 Motor vehicle metal parts stam establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Motor vehicle metal parts stam employers in Connecticut.

Cowles Stamping, Inc (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Cowles Stamping, Inc
Cowles Stamping, Inc (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Cowles Stamping, Inc has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle metal parts stamping median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · CT · New Haven

510 Motor vehicle metal parts stamping 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 SHIROKI North America - Smithville 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamlin Newco LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tel-X Corporation 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRODUCTION PRODUCTS, INC. 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Norwich 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Towantic 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Kleen 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water & Sewer - Spring St. 22 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 US - Supply Chain : 0935 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR WI-Green Bay-Glory 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Morristown 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Foreign Car Parts, Inc. (03809) 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Open Gates FTD/ARTI 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE LKC CBTC Flushing 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0785 - Alexander City, Al 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0768 - Palmdale, Ca 22 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.