Ambulance services, air or ground · Connecticut
Nelson Ambulance Service
Stratford, CT · ~91 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Nelson Ambulance Service runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade D.
Nelson Ambulance Service: 6.9 TCR = 181% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nelson Ambulance Service safety composite
Nelson Ambulance Service scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 6.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Nelson Ambulance Service: 6.3 → 7.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
Nelson Ambulance Service's TCR rose 1.3 from 6.3 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Stratford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.9 · 181% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #13/32
- PHOTO Butler Medical Trans…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Butler Medical Transport (0.0 TCR gap)
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Nelson Ambulance Service in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Nelson Ambulance Service
6.9 TCR
- Butler Medical
Butler Medical Transport
6.9 TCR
- NDP EMS
NDP EMS
6.9 TCR
- MEMS Headquart
MEMS Headquarters
6.9 TCR
- Capital Region
Capital Region IFT Operations
6.8 TCR
What this shows Nelson Ambulance Service averages 6.9 TCR (181% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
Nelson Ambulance Service TCR series: 2018=6.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=12.4 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.8
Where Nelson Ambulance Service falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 32 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Connecticut.
Nelson Ambulance Service has more employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · CT · Stratford
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Stratford, 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 | Butler Medical Transport | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NDP EMS | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MEMS Headquarters | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Capital Region IFT Operations | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Clinton Nurseries | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HP Hood Ice Cream Division | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Leed Himmel Industries | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford Main St (5225) | 6,906 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford 6900 Main St (5225) | 6,665 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northeast Medical Group, Inc. | 2,333 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northeast Medical Group - New Haven | 1,612 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lane's End Farm Oak Tree Division | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXH039 | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXD077 | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CAN037 | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Midwest Automatic Fire Sprinkler Company | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Interventional Urology Business Unit (IUBU) | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | EH Baare Corp | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michigan Brand, Inc. | 91 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.