Audio visual equipment rental or leasing · Connecticut

HB Communications, Inc.

Name: HB Communications, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

North Haven, CT · ~365 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HB Communications, Inc. runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Audio visual equipment rental or leasing workplace, earning a grade C.

HB Communications, Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 94% of Audio visual equipment rental or leasing BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HB Communications, Inc. safety composite

HB Communications, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

HB Communications, Inc.: 0.7 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.48× in 2018

HB Communications, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 0.7 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 532490 · North Haven, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 94% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK P83
PHOTO Nashville Office
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~365 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nashville Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.4
Boston Convent

1.4
This site

1.3
Nashville Offi

1.3
ORBIS RPM Pend

1.3

What this shows HB Communications, Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (94% of the Audio visual equipment rental or leasing BLS benchmark).

HB Communications, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0.7 · 2018=2 · BLS 1.4

Where HB Communications, Inc. falls in its industry

120 Audio visual equipment rental establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

HB Communications, Inc. (365 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.4

HB Communications, Inc. has more employees than the Audio visual equipment rental or leasing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	2.0	2.0	7	0	0
2017	0.7	0.5	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

532490 · CT · North Haven

120 Audio visual equipment rental or leasing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 95 employers in North Haven, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Nashville Office	NASHVILLE, TN	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ORBIS RPM Pendergrass	PENDERGRASS, GA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EFCO	DES MOINES, IA	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Boston Convention & Exhibition Center	BOSTON, MA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 2854	LISBON	365 FTE
STATE-SIZE	12628-CREC	EAST HARTFORD	365 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - HFD5	MANCHESTER	366 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CTBIA - BRADLEY AIR FACILITY	WINDSOR LOCKS	364 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BDL3	North Haven	4,773 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BDL3	North Haven	4,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CT-01	North Haven	4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medtonic	North Haven	2,818 FTE
NAT-TCR	12- Houston	Houston, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Klinke Bros. Ice Cream Co	Memphis, TN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oldcastle OPI - Rehoboth	Rehoboth, MA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Global Services Organization : Waycross, GA - CSX	Waycross, GA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Phyisician Practices	East Stroudsburg, PA	365 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	Deerfield, IL	365 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Petroleum Solutions, Inc - Edinburg	Edinburg, TX	365 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plymouth Service Center	Plymouth Meeting, PA	365 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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