Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Connecticut

Michels Pipe Services- CT

Watertown, CT · ~44 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Pipe Services- CT runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Michels Pipe Services- CT: 4.3 TCR = 153% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Pipe Services- CT safety composite

Michels Pipe Services- CT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−10.1

2017→2021

Michels Pipe Services- CT injury rate improved

Michels Pipe Services- CT's TCR fell 10.1 from 10.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Watertown, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 153% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/11
  • PHOTO Integrated Construct…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Integrated Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Pipe Services- CT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Pipe Services- CT averages 4.3 TCR (153% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Pipe Services- CT TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Pipe Services- CT falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Connecticut.

Michels Pipe Services- CT (44 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Pipe Services- CT
Michels Pipe Services- CT (44 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Michels Pipe Services- CT has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.1 3.1 2 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 10.1 3.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CT · Watertown

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 55 employers in Watertown, 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 Integrated Construction, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gaines and company 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gordy Construction Company 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fann Environmental, LLC 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Division 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FOLEY'S PUMP SERVICE 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weatherproof and New England Smart Energy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building 1 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTWAT - WATERBURY 573 FTE
CITY-NEAR WATERBURY (CTWAT) 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watertown Public Schools 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Steering Systems 359 FTE
NAT-TCR Caraustar Phoenix Tube Plant 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New York Metro 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR QualiChem Plant 1 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BPGraphics, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. Fresno 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Refrigerated Milwaukee Brown Deer Road 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE TimberPro Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHH 44 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.