Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Connecticut

Durham Manufacturing

Durham, CT · ~147 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Durham Manufacturing runs at 217% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Durham Manufacturing: 7.2 TCR = 217% of Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Durham Manufacturing safety composite

Durham Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Durham Manufacturing: 2.2 → 10.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2021

Durham Manufacturing's TCR rose 8.1 from 2.2 in 2017 to 10.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Durham, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 217% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK P31
  • PHOTO Wooster, OH
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wooster, OH (0.2 TCR gap)

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Durham Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Durham Manufacturing averages 7.2 TCR (217% of the Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Durham Manufacturing TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Durham Manufacturing falls in its industry

175 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Durham Manufacturing (147 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Durham Manufacturing
Durham Manufacturing (147 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Durham Manufacturing has more employees than the Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufactu 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 5.4 12 5 0
2020 6.3 3.8 7 3 0
2019 10.8 7.0 15 2 0
2018 6.3 3.5 8 1 0
2017 2.2 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · CT · Durham

175 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 12 employers in Durham, 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 Wooster, OH 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Accurate Metal Fabricating Cicero 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Arvada 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bucks Fabricating 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dooney & Bourke, Inc. 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electri-Cable Assemblies 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carling Technologies - Corporate Office 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Y Foods, Inc. Manchester 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hobson & Motzer Inc 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR Graphite Die Mold 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR EPS Technology 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Twin Maples Health Care Facility 47 FTE
NAT-TCR Legacy Air, Inc. Phoenix 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Newhall Store 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4765-LASCXUPDH 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wright-Patterson AFB 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schnepp Senior Care and Rehab Center 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Assembled Products Corporation 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE B&B Electrical Contractors, Inc. 627 Circle Drive Iron Mountain MI 49801 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE 24J7-Enterprise Holdings-EWR (National/Alamo) 147 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.