healthcare · Connecticut

Department of Veterans Affairs

Rocky Hill, CT · ~303 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Veterans Affairs runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical healthcare workplace, earning a grade D.

Department of Veterans Affairs: 5.5 TCR = 172% of healthcare BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Veterans Affairs safety composite

Department of Veterans Affairs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

Department of Veterans Affairs: 4.3 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 8.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs's TCR rose 0.9 from 4.3 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 923140 · Rocky Hill, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 172% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Headquarters 830
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~303 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headquarters 830 (2.5 TCR gap)

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Department of Veterans Affairs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of Veterans Affairs averages 5.5 TCR (172% of the healthcare BLS benchmark).

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

Department of Veterans Affairs TCR series: 2018=4.3 · 2020=8.4 · 2023=4 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Department of Veterans Affairs falls in its industry

10 healthcare establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.3 4.1 14 0 0
2023 4.0 3.3 10 1 0
2020 8.4 0.0 19 2 0
2018 4.3 3.9 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

923140 · CT · Rocky Hill

10 healthcare employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 87 employers in Rocky Hill, 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 Headquarters 830 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs (7) 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs (8) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs-Central Office 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Praxair Headquarters 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE UConn - Stamford Campus 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE Assisted Living Services, Inc. 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE EBAD-SY 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Rocky Hill 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henkel Way 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sysco Foods CT 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR SecureCare Options dba 60 West 317 FTE
NAT-TCR Meadowbrook Healthcare LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harvest Lane Honey 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nijiya Market - SD 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Coors Distributing Company 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 10706 Westbury 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leprino Foods Co 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anheuser-Busch Distributors of New York Inc. 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montage North America, LLC 303 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: 2024, 2023, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.