Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade · Connecticut

Philson, Inc.

Watertown, CT · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Philson, Inc. runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Philson, Inc.: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Philson, Inc. safety composite

Philson, Inc. 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.93 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%).

Rising injury rate

Philson, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2018

Philson, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Watertown, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #9/21
  • PHOTO Electro Fiber Techno…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electro Fiber Technologies LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Philson, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Philson, Inc. averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Philson, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Philson, Inc. falls in its industry

585 Anodizing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 21 Anodizing metals and metal pro employers in Connecticut.

Philson, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Philson, Inc.
Philson, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Philson, Inc. has fewer employees than the Anodizing metals and metal products for median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2018 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2017 9.2 4.6 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · CT · Watertown

585 Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade 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 Electro Fiber Technologies LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arnold's Metal Finishing Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microfinish 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleanpart East 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Norwich 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Towantic 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Kleen 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water & Sewer - Spring St. 22 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 Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp - Metal 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Festival Foods 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compleat Rehab and Sports Therapy 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paoli Clinic 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aqua Ohio, Inc. - Mentor 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE EOS Fitness - Las Vegas Aliante 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harris Avenue 22 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, 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.