Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing · Connecticut

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT

Simsbury, CT · ~200 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT safety composite

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT injury rate improved

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Simsbury, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Austin Powder Mining…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT falls in its industry

78 Detonators (except ammunition) establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Detonators (except ammunition) employers in Connecticut.

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT (200 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT
Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT (200 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT has more employees than the Detonators (except ammunition) manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2022 1.8 1.3 4 0 0
2021 3.1 1.5 6 0 0
2020 4.5 2.2 8 0 0
2019 5.6 5.6 11 0 0
2016 2.6 2.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · CT · Simsbury

78 Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 21 employers in Simsbury, 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 Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owen Oil Tools 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dyno Nobel 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tucker Mechanical, Inc. 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOP & SHOP 100662 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Hartford AWC 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guida Seibert Dairy Co. 201 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLean Affiliates 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR EBAD-SY 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100607 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 100607 136 FTE
NAT-TCR Profire LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Scrap It Everett 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Radial Grinding & Mfg. Corp. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Sheet Metal Works, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Akron 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frazer LTD 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2025 - Oceanside 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Urata & Sons Concrete, LLC 200 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.