Head start programs, separate from schools · Connecticut

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South

Name: CREC Headstart Program - CREC South Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hartford, CT · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Head start programs, separate from schools workplace, earning a grade D.

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South: 6.3 TCR = 167% of Head start programs, separate from schools BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South safety composite

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South: 2.4 → 10.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2021

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South's TCR rose 7.9 from 2.4 in 2020 to 10.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624410 · Hartford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 167% of ind

DART 10.3 DART
RANK #5/10
PHOTO Shasta Head Start
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shasta Head Start (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kid Start Dans

6.4
This site

6.3
Shasta Head St

6.3
School Age Enr

6.3
Central Admini

6.3

What this shows CREC Headstart Program - CREC South averages 6.3 TCR (167% of the Head start programs, separate from schools BLS benchmark).

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South TCR series: 2020=2.4 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 3.8

Where CREC Headstart Program - CREC South falls in its industry

272 Head start programs, separate establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Head start programs, separate employers in Connecticut.

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South (44 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7

CREC Headstart Program - CREC South has more employees than the Head start programs, separate from schoo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2021	10.3	10.3	2	0	0
2020	2.4	2.4	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624410 · CT · Hartford

272 Head start programs, separate from schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 270 employers in Hartford, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Shasta Head Start	REDDING, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	School Age Enrichment YMCA Child Care	PORTLAND, OR	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central Administration	PATCHOGUE, NY	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kid Start Dansville	DANSVILLE, NY	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Water Division	WALLINGFORD	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michels Pipe Services- CT	WATERTOWN	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FOLEY'S PUMP SERVICE	DANBURY	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Weatherproof and New England Smart Energy	FAIRFIELD	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HARTFORD HOSPITAL	Hartford	7,842 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Francis Hospital	Hartford	4,674 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LAZ Parking California, LLC	Hartford	4,117 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hartford-Saint Francis Hospital	Hartford	3,165 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ram Tool Construction Supply Company - Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	RHS	Rock Hill, SC	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	BC	Jamison, PA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	0600 - Lacey IW	Lacey, WA	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Industrial Timber Mantachie	Mantachie, MS	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FMH Material Handling Solutions	El Paso, TX	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Epoxy : Argo	Bedford Park, IL	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Epoxy : Lakeland	Lakeland, FL	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: 2021, 2020. 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.