Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants · Connecticut

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip

Waterbury, CT · ~97 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants workplace, earning a grade D.

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip safety composite

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2017→2018

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip injury rate improved

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip's TCR fell 1.9 from 6.8 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331420 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Rubadue Wire Co., Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rubadue Wire Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip averages 5.8 TCR (177% of the Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS benchmark).

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

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip falls in its industry

198 Bar, copper and copper alloy, establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

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 5 Bar, copper and copper alloy, employers in Connecticut.

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip (97 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip
Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip (97 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Olin Brass - Somers Thin Strip has fewer employees than the Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 4.9 3.9 5 0 0
2017 6.8 2.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · CT · Waterbury

198 Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, 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 Rubadue Wire Co., Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freeport McMoRan Refinery 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mueller Copper Tube Company 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wieland Thermal Solutions, Inc. 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sarracco Mechanical 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE 570 - Hartford 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rex Lumber Co CT yard 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terex Corporation 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Ursa Logistics-OC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Success 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ltl, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Legends - Shoreline Amphitheater 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colby, Wi 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryder Columbus 4919 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shiloh Pendergrass 97 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: 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.