Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Connecticut
Police Department
Watertown, CT · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Police Department runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
Police Department: 9.0 TCR = 282% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Police Department safety composite
Police Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 9.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−13.8
2018→2024
Police Department injury rate improved
Police Department's TCR fell 13.8 from 20.3 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=20.3 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=6.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Watertown, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 282% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #33/94
- PHOTO Los Angeles Police D…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Los Angeles Police Department, Communications Division Valley (0.0 TCR gap)
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Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
What this shows Police Department averages 9.0 TCR (282% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Police Department TCR series: 2018=20.3 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.2
Where Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 94 Police departments (except Ame employers in Connecticut.
Police Department has fewer employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · CT · Watertown
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) 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 | Los Angeles Police Department, Communications Division Valley | 9.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 9.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Office of Field Operations - El Paso | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TCSO Pixley Sub-Station | 9.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Water Division | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michels Pipe Services- CT | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FOLEY'S PUMP SERVICE | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weatherproof and New England Smart Energy | 44 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 | Sheraton Dallas Hotel | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LAX-M | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VCSS Hemet | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Safety | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Standard Waterproofing | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stout Trucking, Inc. | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Robinson Electric | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Concrete Profiles Inc. | 44 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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