Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities · Connecticut

Hearth at Gardenside

Name: Hearth at Gardenside Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Branford, CT · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 14.7
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hearth at Gardenside runs at 387% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

Hearth at Gardenside: 14.7 TCR = 387% of Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hearth at Gardenside safety composite

Hearth at Gardenside scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 14.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

Hearth at Gardenside: 8.7 → 20.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 20.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2023

Hearth at Gardenside's TCR rose 12.0 from 8.7 in 2022 to 20.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Branford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.7 · 387% of ind

DART 6.9 DART
RANK #35/43
PHOTO 12686 HALE KU IKE BA…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 12686 HALE KU IKE BAYSIDE, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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12686 HALE KU

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Brookside at R

14.7
Inspira Arrowh

14.7
ACTS Retiremen

14.7

What this shows Hearth at Gardenside averages 14.7 TCR (387% of the Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS benchmark).

Hearth at Gardenside TCR series: 2022=8.7 · 2023=20.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Hearth at Gardenside falls in its industry

4,127 Assisted-living facilities wit establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 43 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Connecticut.

Hearth at Gardenside (130 employees, TCR 14.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Hearth at Gardenside has more employees than the Assisted-living facilities with on-site median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2023	20.7	6.9	6	0	0
2022	8.7	2.9	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · CT · Branford

4,127 Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 75 employers in Branford, 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	12686 HALE KU IKE BAYSIDE, LLC	KANEOHE, HI	14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brookside at Regency Assisted Living	CENTERVILLE, MA	14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Inspira Arrowhead	GLENDALE, AZ	14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ACTS Retirement-Life Communities-Azalea Trace	PENSACOLA, FL	14.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Region 204	TOLLAND	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Garden of Light Inc dba Bakery On Main	EAST HARTFORD	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Curtis Packaging	SANDY HOOK	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brook & Whittle, Ltd. - North Branford	NORTH BRANFORD	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Branford Public Schools	Branford	577 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Branford High School	Branford	244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CSC Enterprises, Incorporated d/b/a	Branford	221 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Connecticut Hospice	Branford	212 FTE
NAT-TCR	Meadowbrook Health and Rehab	Tucker, GA	14.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Yummy.com SL	Los Angeles, CA	14.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cloverdale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	Scottsboro, AL	14.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	HG1022	Tyler, TX	14.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kristen Distributing Company-Bryan	Bryan, TX	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Colonie #224	Albany, NY	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Barre #123	Barre, VT	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legislative Affairs (12)	Juneau, AK	130 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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