Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping · Connecticut

Hobson & Motzer Inc

Durham, CT · ~355 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hobson & Motzer Inc runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping workplace, earning a grade D.

Hobson & Motzer Inc: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hobson & Motzer Inc safety composite

Hobson & Motzer Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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 5.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Hobson & Motzer Inc: 6.2 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2023

Hobson & Motzer Inc's TCR rose 3.8 from 6.2 in 2017 to 10.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Durham, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #11/23
  • PHOTO Spincraft (WI)
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 84 inj
  • SIZE ~355 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spincraft (WI) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hobson & Motzer Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hobson & Motzer Inc averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping BLS benchmark).

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

Hobson & Motzer Inc TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=3 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=10 · BLS 3.3

Where Hobson & Motzer Inc falls in its industry

477 Bottle caps and tops, metal, s establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 23 Bottle caps and tops, metal, s employers in Connecticut.

Hobson & Motzer Inc (355 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Hobson & Motzer Inc
Hobson & Motzer Inc (355 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Hobson & Motzer Inc has more employees than the Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 10.0 2.7 18 19 0
2022 4.6 0.3 13 4 0
2021 6.0 0.3 10 8 0
2020 3.6 0.6 11 1 0
2019 6.7 1.1 12 12 0
2018 3.0 0.6 7 3 0
2017 6.2 2.9 13 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · CT · Durham

477 Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 12 employers in Durham, 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 Spincraft (WI) 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Friction Hinge Co 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gasket Manufacturing Engineerig, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sundstrom Pressed Steel Co. 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Putnam Plastics Corporation 355 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Medical Group 355 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westfarms 004 354 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2022 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR Durham Manufacturing 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Graphite Die Mold 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR EPS Technology 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Twin Maples Health Care Facility 47 FTE
NAT-TCR Studio City Rehabilitation Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Syms Middle School 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jordan Public Schools, ISD #717 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fiesta # 68 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stampin' Up! Riverton 355 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norstan Communications Inc - MN (MG Branch)* 355 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boone County Government 355 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unity Behavioral Health 355 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.