Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing · Connecticut

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC

Name: Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sterling, CT · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC: 6.8 TCR = 208% of Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC safety composite

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−13.7

2016→2017

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC injury rate improved

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC's TCR fell 13.7 from 13.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.7 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Sterling, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 208% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/4
PHOTO Perry Defense
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Perry Defense (0.0 TCR gap)

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GOEX Powder In

7.4
This site

6.8
Perry Defense

6.8
Austin Powder

6.5
Copperhead Che

6

What this shows Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC averages 6.8 TCR (208% of the Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC TCR series: 2016=13.7 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC falls in its industry

78 Caps, blasting and detonating, establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade F

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 4 Caps, blasting and detonating, employers in Connecticut.

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC (27 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC has fewer employees than the Caps, blasting and detonating, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	13.7	13.7	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · CT · Sterling

78 Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Perry Defense	PERRY, FL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin Powder West LLC - Moreno Valley, CA	MORENO VALLEY, CA, CA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GOEX Powder Inc.	MINDEN, LA	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Copperhead Chemical Company Inc.	TAMAQUA, PA	6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5	BRIDGEPORT	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plainfield Renewable Energy	PLAINFIELD	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WORTH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.	BETHEL	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Zampell Refractories CT	PUTNAM	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC	Sterling	19 FTE
NAT-TCR	Holiday Inn Anaheim Resort	Anaheim, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	210 Norton	Norton, VA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pototoc Spring	Pontotoc, MS	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CB102 - South Holland,IL	South Holland, IL	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Midwest Scrap Management PC	Park City, KS	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0346 - Hialeah, Fl	Hialeah, FL	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0296 - Spokane, Wa	Spokane, WA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0146 - Margate, Fl	Margate, FL	27 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.

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