Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · Connecticut

IKEA #175 West Chester

West Chester, CT · ~230 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IKEA #175 West Chester runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade D.

IKEA #175 West Chester: 6.0 TCR = 177% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IKEA #175 West Chester safety composite

IKEA #175 West Chester scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

IKEA #175 West Chester injury rate improved

IKEA #175 West Chester's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.9 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442110 · West Chester, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #26/43
  • PHOTO 4535-0598
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 83 inj
  • SIZE ~230 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4535-0598 (0.0 TCR gap)

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IKEA #175 West Chester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IKEA #175 West Chester averages 6.0 TCR (177% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).

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

IKEA #175 West Chester TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.4

Where IKEA #175 West Chester falls in its industry

2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 43 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in Connecticut.

IKEA #175 West Chester (230 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IKEA #175 West Chester
IKEA #175 West Chester (230 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0

IKEA #175 West Chester has more employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 5.2 5.2 7 0 0
2023 4.1 4.1 5 0 0
2022 3.6 3.6 5 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 6 0 0
2020 4.6 4.6 6 0 0
2019 7.1 7.1 11 0 0
2018 12.6 0.6 20 0 0
2017 6.5 1.6 12 0 0
2016 5.9 2.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442110 · CT · West Chester

2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 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 4535-0598 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4535-0372 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4535-1109 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4535-0880 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Terex - Westport 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Post 116 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridgeport Store / Human Services / Administration 230 FTE
STATE-SIZE 226_333 230 FTE
NAT-TCR AdventHealth DeLand 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kerr Lakeside Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR McDonald Company, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Master Products Company 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE IKEA #211 Conshohocken 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springfield Plywood 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chapin International 230 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menasha Packaging Company - PPS Neenah 230 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.