Caps and tops, bottle, metal, stamping · Connecticut

Eyelet Crafters Inc.

Waterbury, CT · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eyelet Crafters Inc. runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Caps and tops, bottle, metal, stamping workplace, earning a grade F.

Eyelet Crafters Inc.: 7.3 TCR = 222% of Caps and tops, bottle, metal, stamping BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eyelet Crafters Inc. safety composite

Eyelet Crafters Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.1

2016→2020

Eyelet Crafters Inc. injury rate improved

Eyelet Crafters Inc.'s TCR fell 4.1 from 9.1 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 311.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=11.3 · 2019=311.3 · 2020=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 222% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #17/23
  • PHOTO Hi-Tech Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hi-Tech Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eyelet Crafters Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eyelet Crafters Inc. averages 7.3 TCR (222% of the Caps and tops, bottle, metal, stamping BLS benchmark).

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

Eyelet Crafters Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=11.3 · 2019=311.3 · 2020=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Eyelet Crafters Inc. falls in its industry

477 Caps and tops, bottle, metal, establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Caps and tops, bottle, metal, employers in Connecticut.

Eyelet Crafters Inc. (55 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Eyelet Crafters Inc.
Eyelet Crafters Inc. (55 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Eyelet Crafters Inc. has fewer employees than the Caps and tops, bottle, metal, stamping median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2019 311.3 155.6 2 0 0
2018 11.3 2.3 5 0 0
2017 3.9 0.0 2 0 0
2016 9.1 4.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · CT · Waterbury

477 Caps and tops, bottle, metal, stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, 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 Hi-Tech Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR D H Industries Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weber Knapp Company- Allen Street Plant 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley City Metal Products LLC 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haynes Construction Company 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Construction Inc. 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE A.P. Construction Company 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Anoka Semi-Independent Living Services and Day Training and Habilitation 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TBEI 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Roofing Co - Round Rock 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OCV 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Siemers Holstein Farm, Inc. - Main Farm 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE HTC Geismer 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Versa 55 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.