Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge · Connecticut
Highway Department
Farmington, CT · ~28 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highway Department runs at 505% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
Highway Department: 14.1 TCR = 505% of Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highway Department safety composite
Highway Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Highway Department: 16.0 → 32.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 32.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2024
Highway Department's TCR rose 16.6 from 16.0 in 2016 to 32.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Farmington, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 505% of ind
- DART 8.2 DART
- RANK #49/71
- PHOTO D9 Mt Vernon Yard
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: D9 Mt Vernon Yard (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- D9 Mt Vernon Y
D9 Mt Vernon Yard
14.2 TCR
- D9 West City Y
D9 West City Yard
14.2 TCR
- FS Yard
FS Yard
14.2 TCR
- This site
Highway Department
14.1 TCR
- D7 Fairfield Y
D7 Fairfield Yard
14.1 TCR
What this shows Highway Department averages 14.1 TCR (505% of the Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge BLS benchmark).
Highway Department TCR series: 2016=16 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=18.4 · 2019=4 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=4 · 2022=15.2 · 2023=28.7 · 2024=32.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Highway Department falls in its industry
4,078 Pothole filling, highway, road establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 71 Pothole filling, highway, road employers in Connecticut.
Highway Department has fewer employees than the Pothole filling, highway, road, street o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 32.6 | 8.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 28.7 | 20.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.2 | 11.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · CT · Farmington
4,078 Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 93 employers in Farmington, 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 | D9 Mt Vernon Yard | 14.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D9 West City Yard | 14.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D7 Fairfield Yard | 14.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FS Yard | 14.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | New Haven Harbor Station | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake Road Generating Company LLC | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New York Division | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UConn Health Center | 5,466 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UTC Corporate Office Farmington Campus | 1,192 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UTC Corporate Offices | 1,138 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TRUMPF Inc. | 826 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Thomas Cuisine @ COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0046 Orange | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0028 San Dimas | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | store | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Clinch River Hardwoods, INC Morristown | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FirstKey Homes LLC - Chicago | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clarke Power Services-121 | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reliance MetalCenter | 28 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.