Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · Connecticut

Housatonic Area Regional Transit

Danbury, CT · ~94 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Housatonic Area Regional Transit runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade B.

Housatonic Area Regional Transit: 2.7 TCR = 60% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Housatonic Area Regional Transit safety composite

Housatonic Area Regional Transit scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.2

2016→2021

Housatonic Area Regional Transit injury rate improved

Housatonic Area Regional Transit's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=7.0 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Danbury, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO 55457 Merced
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 55457 Merced (0.0 TCR gap)

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Housatonic Area Regional Transit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Housatonic Area Regional Transit averages 2.7 TCR (60% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

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

Housatonic Area Regional Transit TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=7 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Housatonic Area Regional Transit falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in Connecticut.

Housatonic Area Regional Transit (94 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Housatonic Area Regional Transit
Housatonic Area Regional Transit (94 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Housatonic Area Regional Transit has fewer employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2021 0.1 0.1 4 3 0
2020 0.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 5.7 5.7 5 0 0
2017 7.0 7.0 6 0 0
2016 2.3 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · CT · Danbury

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 171 employers in Danbury, 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 55457 Merced 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-455 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Minnesota 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-7056 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Stamford 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caldwell & Walsh Building Construction, Inc. 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Office 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oak 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR DANBURY HOSPITAL INC. 2,822 FTE
CITY-NEAR Board of Education 2,209 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western CT Medical Group 1,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Connecticut Medical Group 1,239 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlton Group Inc. dba Carlton Scale 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR G and L Brock Construction Co 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Faircrest Steel Plant 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Lease Services LLC 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spring Hills Middletown 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Mills (Buffalo Flour) 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tasca Lincoln Mercury Inc Parts Center 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sebert - Naperville 94 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.