Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wir · Connecticut

Kanthal Bethel

Bethel, CT · ~87 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kanthal Bethel runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wir workplace, earning a grade D.

Kanthal Bethel: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wir BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kanthal Bethel safety composite

Kanthal Bethel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−3.2

2016→2021

Kanthal Bethel injury rate improved

Kanthal Bethel's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.7 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331491 · Bethel, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO USM Riverdale
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USM Riverdale (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kanthal Bethel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kanthal Bethel averages 4.3 TCR (130% of the Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wir BLS benchmark).

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

Kanthal Bethel TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Kanthal Bethel falls in its industry

113 Nonferrous wire (except alumin establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Nonferrous wire (except alumin employers in Connecticut.

Kanthal Bethel (87 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kanthal Bethel
Kanthal Bethel (87 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Kanthal Bethel has more employees than the Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2020 5.7 2.8 4 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 4 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2017 4.3 4.3 4 0 0
2016 5.7 5.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331491 · CT · Bethel

113 Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wir employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 64 employers in Bethel, 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 USM Riverdale 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3763_7167 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpha Assembly Solutions 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR USM Fulton 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Region 206 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE CoorsTek, Inc. 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Senior Aerospace Connecticut 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Branford 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR ComNet Communications, LLC 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leir 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memry Corporation #3 and #15 299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memry Corporation #3 269 FTE
NAT-TCR QualiChem Plant 1 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Evergreen 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New York Metro 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Caraustar Phoenix Tube Plant 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hartson-Kennedy Cabinet Top Company, Inc. 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction Management & Builders, Inc. 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-40427) 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE SED-1 87 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.