Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities · Connecticut

DDS South Region

Wallingford, CT · ~606 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DDS South Region runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities workplace, earning a grade F.

DDS South Region: 8.3 TCR = 220% of Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DDS South Region safety composite

DDS South Region scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−2.1

2016→2020

DDS South Region injury rate improved

DDS South Region's TCR fell 2.1 from 10.2 in 2016 to 8.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=11.3 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624120 · Wallingford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 220% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #26/31
  • PHOTO Sentara Pace Norfolk
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 186 inj
  • SIZE ~606 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sentara Pace Norfolk (0.0 TCR gap)

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DDS South Region in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DDS South Region averages 8.3 TCR (220% of the Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities BLS benchmark).

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

DDS South Region TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=11.3 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=5 · 2020=8.2 · BLS 3.8

Where DDS South Region falls in its industry

1,320 Activity centers for disabled establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #26 safest of 31 Activity centers for disabled employers in Connecticut.

DDS South Region (606 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DDS South Region
DDS South Region (606 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DDS South Region has more employees than the Activity centers for disabled persons, t median and a higher 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
2020 8.2 5.9 26 6 0
2019 5.0 4.5 19 1 0
2018 7.1 5.7 31 0 0
2017 11.3 9.2 53 1 0
2016 10.2 8.3 57 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624120 · CT · Wallingford

1,320 Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wallingford, 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 Sentara Pace Norfolk 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Home Care Services 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALLI - Allegan 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services York 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cooper Surgical, Inc- Trumbull 601 FTE
STATE-SIZE NEW HAVEN #1 CO 611 FTE
STATE-SIZE DDS West Region - STS 599 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masonicare Health Center 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : BDL5 1,386 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaylord Hopital 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BDL5 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wallingford 569 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Medi Park West 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Paradise Locker Inc 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bear/CSI Mancelona 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jimbo's Naturally Horton Plaza 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ogden City - Public Services 606 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Eldercare Center 606 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wildlife Resources Commission 606 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belterra Park Gaming 606 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.