Correctional institutions · Connecticut

Garner Correctional Institution

Newton, CT · ~311 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Garner Correctional Institution runs at 430% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade F.

Garner Correctional Institution: 13.8 TCR = 430% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garner Correctional Institution safety composite

Garner Correctional Institution scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−5.1

2017→2024

Garner Correctional Institution injury rate improved

Garner Correctional Institution's TCR fell 5.1 from 19.8 in 2017 to 14.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 21.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.8 · 2018=12.0 · 2019=12.0 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=12.8 · 2023=21.5 · 2024=14.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Newton, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 430% of ind

  • DART 14.1 DART
  • RANK #18/19
  • PHOTO Pelican Bay State Pr…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 269 inj
  • SIZE ~311 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pelican Bay State Prison (0.0 TCR gap)

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Garner Correctional Institution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Garner Correctional Institution averages 13.8 TCR (430% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

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

Garner Correctional Institution TCR series: 2017=19.8 · 2018=12 · 2019=12 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=12.8 · 2023=21.5 · 2024=14.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Garner Correctional Institution falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Correctional institutions employers in Connecticut.

Garner Correctional Institution (311 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Garner Correctional Institution
Garner Correctional Institution (311 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Garner Correctional Institution has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 14.8 14.1 41 5 0
2023 21.5 21.5 58 10 0
2022 12.8 12.8 35 1 0
2021 9.4 9.0 21 4 0
2020 7.8 7.8 21 1 0
2019 12.0 12.0 29 3 0
2018 12.0 11.6 24 5 0
2017 19.8 18.9 40 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · CT · Newton

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 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 Pelican Bay State Prison 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MCF-Rush City 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR California City Correctional Facility 13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Abbott Terrace Health Center Inc. 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2967-CT135 312 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tully Health Center 310 FTE
STATE-SIZE COB GENERAL GOVERNMENT 310 FTE
NAT-TCR Naval Hospital 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR City of White Bear Lake - Police 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shope Concrete, LLC. 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Alaska Spirit 13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schuler-Haas Electric Corp. 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE JCC of Central NJ 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maintenance Unlimited, Inc. 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chesapeake 311 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.