Head start programs, separate from schools · Connecticut

Headstart - Crec South

Hartford, CT · ~53 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Headstart - Crec South runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Head start programs, separate from schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Headstart - Crec South: 6.7 TCR = 175% of Head start programs, separate from schools BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Headstart - Crec South safety composite

Headstart - Crec South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−7.3

2022→2024

Headstart - Crec South injury rate improved

Headstart - Crec South's TCR fell 7.3 from 10.9 in 2022 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=10.9 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624410 · Hartford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 175% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Bright Beginnings/Ad…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bright Beginnings/Administration (0.1 TCR gap)

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Headstart - Crec South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Headstart - Crec South averages 6.7 TCR (175% of the Head start programs, separate from schools BLS benchmark).

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

Headstart - Crec South TCR series: 2022=10.9 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Headstart - Crec South falls in its industry

272 Head start programs, separate establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Head start programs, separate employers in Connecticut.

Headstart - Crec South (53 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Headstart - Crec South
Headstart - Crec South (53 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Headstart - Crec South has more employees than the Head start programs, separate from schoo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2023 5.4 0.0 3 0 0
2022 10.9 10.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624410 · CT · Hartford

272 Head start programs, separate from schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 270 employers in Hartford, 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 Bright Beginnings/Administration 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Horizon Academy #83 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Rock Headstart 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Horizon Academy #4001 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE NA-US-CT-Milford-Cascade Boulevard 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 662 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rocky Hill 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ulbrich Shaped Wire Inc. 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARTFORD HOSPITAL 7,842 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Francis Hospital 4,674 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAZ Parking California, LLC 4,117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Francis Hospital 3,165 FTE
NAT-TCR AMZL-NA : Town and Country Couriers LLC 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Vacri Construction Corporation 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Health Plano 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar City UT DI 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Concise Industries 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neighborhood Health - Casey Health Center 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fujifilm Ultrapure Solutions 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSL-Creston Village 53 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.