Commercial building construction general contractors · Connecticut
Desco Professional Builders, INC
Ellington, CT · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Desco Professional Builders, INC runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Desco Professional Builders, INC: 7.4 TCR = 256% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Desco Professional Builders, INC safety composite
Desco Professional Builders, INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Desco Professional Builders, INC: 4.8 → 10.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2024
Desco Professional Builders, INC's TCR rose 5.2 from 4.8 in 2018 to 10.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Ellington, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 256% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #48/55
- PHOTO Haren & Laughlin Con…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Desco Professional Builders, INC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Desco Professional Builders, INC
7.4 TCR
- Haren & Laughl
Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc.
7.4 TCR
- Macon County A
Macon County Animal Control
7.4 TCR
- City Gardens
City Gardens
7.4 TCR
- Kessel Constru
Kessel Construction Inc
7.4 TCR
What this shows Desco Professional Builders, INC averages 7.4 TCR (256% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Desco Professional Builders, INC TCR series: 2018=4.8 · 2024=10 · BLS 2.9
Where Desco Professional Builders, INC falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 55 Commercial building constructi employers in Connecticut.
Desco Professional Builders, INC has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · CT · Ellington
4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 23 employers in Ellington, 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 | Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Macon County Animal Control | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City Gardens | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kessel Construction Inc | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | McCarthy Concrete, Inc. | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Delmar Electrical Contractors, LLC | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 84- Middletown | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eagle Fence & Guardrail | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Y Foods, Inc. Ellington | 145 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Town of Ellington | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Earthlight Main | 104 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Country Pure Foods - Ellington, Connecticut | 101 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ohio Steel Industries Inc | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nymtv - Mt Vernon | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Caesars Forum Convention Center | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harris Spice | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | High School | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C & E Excavating, Inc. | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lionberger Construction | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Salem | 51 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.