Industrial controls (e.g., push button, selector, and pilot switches, manufacturing · Connecticut

PQ Controls, Inc

Bristol, CT · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PQ Controls, Inc runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial controls (e.g., push button, selector, and pilot switches, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

PQ Controls, Inc: 8.4 TCR = 255% of Industrial controls (e.g., push button, selector, and pilot switches, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PQ Controls, Inc safety composite

PQ Controls, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2017→2024

PQ Controls, Inc injury rate improved

PQ Controls, Inc's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 20.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=19.1 · 2022=20.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335314 · Bristol, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 255% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Process Automation, …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Process Automation, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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PQ Controls, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PQ Controls, Inc averages 8.4 TCR (255% of the Industrial controls (e.g., push button, selector, and pilot switches, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

PQ Controls, Inc TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=19.1 · 2022=20.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where PQ Controls, Inc falls in its industry

156 Industrial controls (e.g., pus establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Industrial controls (e.g., pus employers in Connecticut.

PQ Controls, Inc (45 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate PQ Controls, Inc
PQ Controls, Inc (45 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 1.3

PQ Controls, Inc has fewer employees than the Industrial controls (e.g., push button, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 20.4 17.9 0 8 0
2021 19.1 19.1 0 7 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335314 · CT · Bristol

156 Industrial controls (e.g., push button, selector, and pilot switches, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 95 employers in Bristol, 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 Process Automation, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR U.S.A. Drives, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Equipment Accessories, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSI Technologies Milton 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 150_249 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE URSM 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 617 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR ESPN Bristol Campus 3,688 FTE
CITY-NEAR ESPN Headquarters 3,607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bristol Public Schoold 1,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bristol Hospital 1,370 FTE
NAT-TCR Palm Healthcare Management, LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tempe - Fairmont Dr 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PACE Akaloa 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Albertville Healthcare Ctr Inc 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Star Roofing 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpine 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgeport Price Cutter 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bratton Steel 45 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017. 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.