General services departments, government · Connecticut

Public Works Department

Naugatuck, CT · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works Department runs at 309% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works Department: 9.9 TCR = 309% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Department safety composite

Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−5.1

2017→2021

Public Works Department injury rate improved

Public Works Department's TCR fell 5.1 from 15.3 in 2017 to 10.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.3 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=10.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Naugatuck, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 309% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #95/124
  • PHOTO City of Huntingburg
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Huntingburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works Department averages 9.9 TCR (309% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works Department TCR series: 2017=15.3 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works Department falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 124 General services departments, employers in Connecticut.

Public Works Department (36 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works Department
Public Works Department (36 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works Department has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2021 10.3 6.2 5 0 0
2020 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2017 15.3 6.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · CT · Naugatuck

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 48 employers in Naugatuck, 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 City of Huntingburg 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wabasha County-Highway Department 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Emily 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of South Lake Tahoe 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE DW Loiselle Water Treatment Plant 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE BluSky Restoration Contractors Hartfod 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 415 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works & Equipment Maintenance 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2284 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2284 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR 226_321 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beacon Brook Health Care Center 209 FTE
NAT-TCR Maintenance and Operations Facility 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bristol 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0315 - Wharton Nj Whse 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Andrew Residence Management, Inc 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ocean View Market 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pan American Body Shop - Certified 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sylvin Technologies Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE St.Marys Tool & Die. Co.,Inc 36 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: 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.