Can lids and ends, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Connecticut

Orca, Inc.

New Britain, CT · ~52 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orca, Inc. runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Can lids and ends, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Orca, Inc.: 12.9 TCR = 391% of Can lids and ends, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orca, Inc. safety composite

Orca, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.2

2016→2024

Orca, Inc. injury rate improved

Orca, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.2 from 15.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 30.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.0 · 2017=11.5 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=30.3 · 2022=13.0 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · New Britain, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 391% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P1
  • PHOTO Erie Engineered Prod…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Erie Engineered Products, Inc. (2.8 TCR gap)

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Orca, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orca, Inc. averages 12.9 TCR (391% of the Can lids and ends, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Orca, Inc. TCR series: 2016=15 · 2017=11.5 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=14.1 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=30.3 · 2022=13 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Orca, Inc. falls in its industry

217 Can lids and ends, light gauge establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Orca, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Orca, Inc.
Orca, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Orca, Inc. has fewer employees than the Can lids and ends, light gauge metal, ma 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
2024 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.8 2.3 3 0 0
2022 13.0 2.6 2 3 0
2021 30.3 20.2 9 0 0
2020 14.7 11.0 4 0 0
2019 14.1 2.8 5 0 0
2018 9.1 9.1 4 0 0
2017 11.5 6.9 5 0 0
2016 15.0 6.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · CT · New Britain

217 Can lids and ends, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 113 employers in New Britain, 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 Erie Engineered Products, Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana Container Co Inc 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardagh Metal Packaging - Chicago 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Independent Can Company-Vandalia 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Flower Farm Morris 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashforth Properties Construction Co., Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Rivet Roof Services Corporation 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Campus 2,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CT-NB 2,373 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Hospital of Central Connecticut-NB 2,042 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital For Special Care 1,176 FTE
NAT-TCR 1118 - NSM University Park 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Silverado Store 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Valley Grape Juice & Wine 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Strasser Woodenworks 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Middlesex Plant 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Culpeper VA Panel 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hammond Lumber Company - Portland 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hammond Lumber Company - Brunswick 52 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.