Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Connecticut

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec

Name: Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Hamden,, CT · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec: 3.9 TCR = 117% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec safety composite

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 0% 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

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec: 3.5 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.09× in 2022

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec's TCR rose 4.6 from 3.5 in 2020 to 8.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Hamden,, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 117% of ind

DART 8.1 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO Cardinal Paint and P…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cardinal Paint and Powder (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec averages 3.9 TCR (117% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec TCR series: 2020=3.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

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 4 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Connecticut.

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec (31 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Porcelen Limited CT. LLC d/b/a Spec has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	Fatalities
2022	8.1	8.1	2	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0
2020	3.5	0.0	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · CT · Hamden,

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cardinal Paint and Powder	NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Duncan Enterprises	FRESNO, CA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dryvit Systems, Inc. Sand Springs	SAND SPRINGS, OK	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Seymour of Sycamore, Inc.	SYCAMORE, IL	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greater New Haven Water Pollution Abatement Facility	NEW HAVEN	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water Pollution Control	WATERBURY	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Connecticut Division	DANBURY	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Savannah Specialty Products	CANTON	31 FTE
NAT-TCR	6925-RSW	Fort Myers, FL	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	River City Glass	Burnsville, MN	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	SHARP TRANSIT LLC Salisbury NC	Salisbury, NC	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Matthews of Pewaukee	Pewaukee, WI	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Modular Systems Warehouse	Scottsdale, AZ	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercury Air Centers Inc - BNA	Nashville, TN	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TSSI	Chesapeake, VA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Yakima Depot	Yakima, WA	31 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.