Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing · Connecticut

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC

Sterling, CT · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC: 5.6 TCR = 168% of Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC safety composite

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC: 4.6 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC's TCR rose 2.2 from 4.6 in 2018 to 6.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 168% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Alpha Dyno Nobel - L…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alpha Dyno Nobel - Lincoln, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC averages 5.6 TCR (168% of the Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC falls in its industry

78 Detonators (except ammunition) establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Detonators (except ammunition) employers in Connecticut.

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC (19 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC
Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC (19 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Maxam Initiations Systems, LLC has fewer employees than the Detonators (except ammunition) 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
2020 6.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.6 4.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · CT · Sterling

78 Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Alpha Dyno Nobel - Lincoln, CA 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Powder Midsouth - LaFollette 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpha Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Waterford 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE City Of Meriden Water Pollution 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Babbidge 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water & Sewer - Charter Oak 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Lakeland @ Meadowbrook 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR BAINBRIDGE 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR WorldWide Integrated Supply Chain Solutions, Inc 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sarah a Reed Childrens Center 5.6 TCR

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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.