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

DDS West Region STS

Southbury, CT · ~745 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DDS West Region STS runs at 413% 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 West Region STS: 15.7 TCR = 413% of Activity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DDS West Region STS safety composite

DDS West Region STS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−3.8

2016→2017

DDS West Region STS injury rate improved

DDS West Region STS's TCR fell 3.8 from 17.6 in 2016 to 13.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.6 · 2017=13.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 413% of ind

  • DART 13.0 DART
  • RANK #31/31
  • PHOTO Social Vocational Se…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 141 inj
  • SIZE ~745 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Social Vocational Services - 492 (0.0 TCR gap)

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DDS West Region STS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DDS West Region STS averages 15.7 TCR (413% 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 West Region STS TCR series: 2016=17.6 · 2017=13.8 · BLS 3.8

Where DDS West Region STS falls in its industry

1,320 Activity centers for disabled establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #31 safest of 31 Activity centers for disabled employers in Connecticut.

DDS West Region STS (745 employees, TCR 15.7) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DDS West Region STS
DDS West Region STS (745 employees, TCR 15.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DDS West Region STS 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
2017 13.8 13.0 64 6 0
2016 17.6 14.9 77 27 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624120 · CT · Southbury

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 · 20 employers in Southbury, 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 Social Vocational Services - 492 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Resource Center - Foote Avenue A2 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brandman Center for Senior Care 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norwood Day Hab 15.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DDS North Region 755 FTE
STATE-SIZE Torrington Public Schools 761 FTE
STATE-SIZE LAZ Parking Mid Atlantic, LLC 777 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crabtree & Evelyn, Ltd Retail Stores 782 FTE
CITY-NEAR SBR 937 FTE
CITY-NEAR DDS West Region - STS 599 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southbury Shoprite 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR RIVER GLEN HEALTH CARE CENTER 224 FTE
NAT-TCR Croell Inc. - Mason City 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Agri Electric 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR P&P Transportation 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-6041-West Elm 15.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE OH - Mars 745 FTE
NAT-SIZE IWCO Direct Hamburg 745 FTE
NAT-SIZE Incorporated County of Los Alamos 745 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchorage FO/INFL Alaska 745 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.