Land preparation machinery, construction, manufacturing · Connecticut

H. Barber & Sons, Inc.

Naugatuck, CT · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

H. Barber & Sons, Inc. runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Land preparation machinery, construction, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

H. Barber & Sons, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Land preparation machinery, construction, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H. Barber & Sons, Inc. safety composite

H. Barber & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

H. Barber & Sons, Inc.: 4.3 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 22.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

H. Barber & Sons, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 22.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Naugatuck, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO NHMF, LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NHMF, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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H. Barber & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows H. Barber & Sons, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Land preparation machinery, construction, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

H. Barber & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=22.9 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.3

Where H. Barber & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

400 Land preparation machinery, co establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
H. Barber & Sons, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate H. Barber & Sons, Inc.
H. Barber & Sons, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

H. Barber & Sons, Inc. has fewer employees than the Land preparation machinery, construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 7.4 0.0 2 0 0
2023 22.9 18.3 5 0 0
2022 9.1 4.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2018 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.5 9.5 2 0 0
2016 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · CT · Naugatuck

400 Land preparation machinery, construction, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 48 employers in Naugatuck, 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 NHMF, LLC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Shore Systems, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stanley Infrastructure Manchester 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woodstock Building Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE E&N Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clearheart Construction Company, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Northeast Companies 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2284 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2284 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR 226_321 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beacon Brook Health Care Center 209 FTE
NAT-TCR Aria Hotel and Casino 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #121 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Police - Community Services 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR IHG Army Hotels - Fort Stewart (Army Lodging) 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Beach #056 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky Fertlizer, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Floors, Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lezzer Butler 25 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, 2016. 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.