Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing · Connecticut

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2

Waterbury, CT · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 runs at 434% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2: 14.3 TCR = 434% of Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 safety composite

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−1.0

2017→2020

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 injury rate improved

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2's TCR fell 1.0 from 14.8 in 2017 to 13.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.8 · 2020=13.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 434% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/23
  • PHOTO BEEHLER CORPORATION
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BEEHLER CORPORATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 averages 14.3 TCR (434% of the Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 TCR series: 2017=14.8 · 2020=13.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 falls in its industry

477 Stampings (except automotive, establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #22 safest of 23 Stampings (except automotive, employers in Connecticut.

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 (22 employees, TCR 14.3) 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 Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2
Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 (22 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Gem Manufacturing Co., Inc. Plant 2 has fewer employees than the Stampings (except automotive, cans, coin 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 13.8 0.0 0 3 0
2017 14.8 4.9 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · CT · Waterbury

477 Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing 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 BEEHLER CORPORATION 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PMC 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Behrens Manufacturing, LLC 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Industries, Watertown 14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Norwich 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Towantic 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Kleen 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water & Sewer - Spring St. 22 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 Pires Dairy 1 & 2 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Inn & Suites Anaheim 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Albuquerque - ABQ 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis 14.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Contract Machining and Manufacture 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Value - Bismarck 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Value - Austin 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dimares Italian Specialty Foods 22 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, 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.