Research/Development of Elevator/Escalator Systems · Connecticut

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center

Farmington, CT · ~249 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Research/Development of Elevator/Escalator Systems workplace, earning a grade D.

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center: 0.7 TCR = 142% of Research/Development of Elevator/Escalator Systems BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center safety composite

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center held a steady TCR band

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Farmington, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO 300 Third Street Cam…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 300 Third Street Cambridge MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otis Elevator Company-Research Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otis Elevator Company-Research Center averages 0.7 TCR (142% of the Research/Development of Elevator/Escalator Systems BLS benchmark).

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

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.9 · BLS 0.5

Where Otis Elevator Company-Research Center falls in its industry

319 Research/Development of Elevat establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

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 6 Research/Development of Elevat employers in Connecticut.

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center (249 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Otis Elevator Company-Research Center
Otis Elevator Company-Research Center (249 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Otis Elevator Company-Research Center has more employees than the Research/Development of Elevator/Escalat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2019 0.9 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.8 0.4 2 0 0
2017 0.4 0.0 0 1 0
2016 0.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · CT · Farmington

319 Research/Development of Elevator/Escalator Systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 93 employers in Farmington, 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 300 Third Street Cambridge MA 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richmond Business and Innovation Center 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corporate Lab Research and Testing 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Princeton R&D 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE King Industries 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Star Distributors, Inc. 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE New England Home Care-Shelton 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE B-IX Edgehill LLC 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR UConn Health Center 5,466 FTE
CITY-NEAR UTC Corporate Office Farmington Campus 1,192 FTE
CITY-NEAR UTC Corporate Offices 1,138 FTE
CITY-NEAR TRUMPF Inc. 826 FTE
NAT-TCR Transport Solutions NA and EMEA : MFG-Arecibo-Puerto Rico 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR GA.MACON.13 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NWR Services LLC - Charlotte 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tradesmen International Salt Lake 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rchc Opelousas La Service Site 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Labadie Plant 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0135 - Clovis Ca Whse 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Burford's Tree LLC - 346 249 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.