Cord (except wire) manufacturing · Connecticut

International Cordage East, LTD

Colchester, CT · ~121 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Cordage East, LTD runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cord (except wire) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

International Cordage East, LTD: 5.5 TCR = 167% of Cord (except wire) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Cordage East, LTD safety composite

International Cordage East, LTD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−3.1

2022→2024

International Cordage East, LTD injury rate improved

International Cordage East, LTD's TCR fell 3.1 from 7.3 in 2022 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.3 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314994 · Colchester, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO AIKEN MFG., INC.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AIKEN MFG., INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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International Cordage East, LTD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Cordage East, LTD averages 5.5 TCR (167% of the Cord (except wire) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

International Cordage East, LTD TCR series: 2022=7.3 · 2023=5 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where International Cordage East, LTD falls in its industry

31 Cord (except wire) manufacturi establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
International Cordage East, LTD (121 employees, TCR 5.5) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 24 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate International Cordage East, LTD
International Cordage East, LTD (121 employees, TCR 5.5) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.3

International Cordage East, LTD has more employees than the Cord (except wire) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024 4.2 4.2 5 0 0
2023 5.0 4.1 6 0 0
2022 7.3 7.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314994 · CT · Colchester

31 Cord (except wire) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 22 employers in Colchester, 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 AIKEN MFG., INC. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Innovative Textiles, Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teufelberger Fiber Rope Corp 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continental Tires-Aldora Mills Plant 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amgraph Packaging, Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nuway Tobacco 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE CTWSR - CT HUB IN A BOX 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 102614 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR S&S Worldwide 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Caring Community of CT., Inc. 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 100608 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100608 161 FTE
NAT-TCR Bastrop ISD 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR KTM Industries, Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Aqua Water Supply Corporation 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Five Star Mechanical, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE D.M. Sabia & Co., Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Tech Finishing 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Magnetics Group, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alsip Il Sales Center 121 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. 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.