Cheese processing machinery manufacturing · Connecticut

Food Automation --- Service Techniques

Stratford, CT · ~127 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Food Automation --- Service Techniques runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cheese processing machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Food Automation --- Service Techniques: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Cheese processing machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Food Automation --- Service Techniques safety composite

Food Automation --- Service Techniques scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

Food Automation --- Service Techniques: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2018

Food Automation --- Service Techniques's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Stratford, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK P98
  • PHOTO Evergreen Packaging
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Evergreen Packaging (0.0 TCR gap)

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Food Automation --- Service Techniques in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Food Automation --- Service Techniques averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Cheese processing machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Food Automation --- Service Techniques TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Food Automation --- Service Techniques falls in its industry

215 Cheese processing machinery ma establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Food Automation --- Service Techniques (127 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Food Automation --- Service Techniques
Food Automation --- Service Techniques (127 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Food Automation --- Service Techniques has more employees than the Cheese processing machinery manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2018 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · CT · Stratford

215 Cheese processing machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Stratford, 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 Evergreen Packaging 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marel, Inc. - DSM 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gemini Bakery Equipment Company 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JBT Sandusky 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Operations 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE 158_259 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aplicare - CT 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOP & SHOP 100683 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford Main St (5225) 6,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford 6900 Main St (5225) 6,665 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group, Inc. 2,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group - New Haven 1,612 FTE
NAT-TCR BASF Corporation - Suffolk, VA 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CFG Industries, LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Belmont Plaza Pool 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Neighbors Construction Co., Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Idaho Milk Products 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Le Meridien New Orleans 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spire Cane Creek Rehabilitation Hospital 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Graphic Village 127 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.