Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge · Connecticut
Public Works Department
New Milford, CT · ~60 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Public Works Department runs at 304% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
Public Works Department: 8.5 TCR = 304% of Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Public Works Department safety composite
Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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
−6.6
2017→2024
Public Works Department injury rate improved
Public Works Department's TCR fell 6.6 from 9.9 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 22.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=9.9 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=22.1 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=12.0 · 2024=3.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · New Milford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 304% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #31/71
- PHOTO Iowa Bridge & Culver…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Iowa Bridge & Culvert, LC - IA (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
- This site
Public Works Department
8.5 TCR
- Iowa Bridge &
Iowa Bridge & Culvert, LC - IA
8.5 TCR
- Besch and Smit
Besch and Smith Civil Group, Inc.
8.5 TCR
- King County Lo
King County Local Services
8.5 TCR
- American Bridg
American Bridge Company - 472310
8.5 TCR
What this shows Public Works Department averages 8.5 TCR (304% of the Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge BLS benchmark).
Public Works Department TCR series: 2017=9.9 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=22.1 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=12 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 2.8
Where Public Works Department falls in its industry
4,078 Pothole filling, highway, road establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 71 Pothole filling, highway, road employers in Connecticut.
Public Works Department has fewer employees than the Pothole filling, highway, road, street o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22.1 | 18.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.9 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · CT · New Milford
4,078 Pothole filling, highway, road, street or bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 45 employers in New Milford, 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 | Iowa Bridge & Culvert, LC - IA | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Besch and Smith Civil Group, Inc. | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | King County Local Services | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Bridge Company - 472310 | 8.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MIRA-CSWS-POWER BLOCK FACILITY/JET TURBINE FACILITY | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - Railroad Hill Street | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1100 | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6448_15040 | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Milford Day Program | 524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kimberly Clark | 348 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | 346 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Milford Hospital | 239 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Groesbeck Stamping | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Transportation and Maintenance | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S03881 - Allentown | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lovell Wyoming Facility | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | F Salgado Labor | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LifeServe Blood Center - Sioux City | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Evans Construction | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JAG Healthcare Marion | 60 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.