Lending libraries · Connecticut

Meriden Library

Meriden, CT · ~28 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meriden Library runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lending libraries workplace, earning a grade F.

Meriden Library: 1.7 TCR = 246% of Lending libraries BLS 0.7 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meriden Library safety composite

Meriden Library scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Meriden Library held a steady TCR band

Meriden Library's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Meriden, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.7 · 246% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/25
  • PHOTO County of Ventura - …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: County of Ventura - Library Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meriden Library in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meriden Library averages 1.7 TCR (246% of the Lending libraries BLS benchmark).

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

Meriden Library TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=0 · 2022=7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Meriden Library falls in its industry

89 Lending libraries establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 25 Lending libraries employers in Connecticut.

Meriden Library (28 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Meriden Library
Meriden Library (28 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Meriden Library has fewer employees than the Lending libraries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · CT · Meriden

89 Lending libraries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 115 employers in Meriden, 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 County of Ventura - Library Services 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR OC Public Libraries - Heritage Park Library 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aiken County Public Library 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Royal Oak - Public Library 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Haven Harbor Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Road Generating Company LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE New York Division 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 1,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRDNCT04 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radio Frequency Systems - Meriden, CT 402 FTE
NAT-TCR CRD MFG, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Aerojet Rocketdyne - Orange 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Littleton CO Yard 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Byron Primary School 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE S05269 - Guadalupe Rubbish Disposal 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04082 - Stoneville Hauling 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04315 - Conway Hauling 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE SiteOne Landscape Supply #173 28 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.