General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Connecticut

J Polep Distribution Services

Stratford, CT · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J Polep Distribution Services runs at 614% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

J Polep Distribution Services: 13.5 TCR = 614% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J Polep Distribution Services safety composite

J Polep Distribution Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.3

2016→2017

J Polep Distribution Services injury rate improved

J Polep Distribution Services's TCR fell 1.3 from 14.1 in 2016 to 12.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.1 · 2017=12.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Stratford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 614% of ind

  • DART 12.9 DART
  • RANK #24/28
  • PHOTO Sysco Los Angeles
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sysco Los Angeles (0.0 TCR gap)

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J Polep Distribution Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J Polep Distribution Services averages 13.5 TCR (614% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

J Polep Distribution Services TCR series: 2016=14.1 · 2017=12.9 · BLS 2.2

Where J Polep Distribution Services falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 28 General-line groceries merchan employers in Connecticut.

J Polep Distribution Services (24 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate J Polep Distribution Services
J Polep Distribution Services (24 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

J Polep Distribution Services has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2017 12.9 12.9 3 0 0
2016 14.1 14.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · CT · Stratford

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Stratford, 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 Sysco Los Angeles 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commerce DC 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 15 - Manassas 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marquez Brothers Texas I, Inc. - Dallas 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bridgeport Energy 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Haven Waste Water Treatment 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Hartford Filters 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCE Fine Builders, Inc. 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford Main St (5225) 6,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford 6900 Main St (5225) 6,665 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group, Inc. 2,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group - New Haven 1,612 FTE
NAT-TCR Avante at Harrisonburg 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridgewater Wholesalers, Inc. 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PDX - Airport United Airlines Offices 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kauffman Engineering, Inc. LAW 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Mineral Products - Anniston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AEM 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Inn & Suites 24 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: 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.