Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator · Connecticut

Quality Associates Inc.

Name: Quality Associates Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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East Haven, CT · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Quality Associates Inc. runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator workplace, earning a grade B.

Quality Associates Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 56% of Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Quality Associates Inc. safety composite

Quality Associates Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Quality Associates Inc.: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2023

Quality Associates Inc.'s TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · East Haven, CT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 56% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #5/9
PHOTO Harty Tractor Servic…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harty Tractor Service Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Quality Associates Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (56% of the Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS benchmark).

Quality Associates Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Quality Associates Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Aerial or picker truck, constr establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Aerial or picker truck, constr employers in Connecticut.

Quality Associates Inc. (33 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Quality Associates Inc. has fewer employees than the Aerial or picker truck, construction, re median and a lower 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2023	3.1	3.1	1	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CT · East Haven

1,750 Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 91 employers in East Haven, CT · 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	Harty Tractor Service Inc.	ORANGE CITY, FL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Next Generation Construction & Environmental, LLC.	LONGMONT, CO	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Double D Transportation	DUBLIN, CA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CL Trucking & Excavating, LLC	IONIA, MI	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greater New Haven WPCA	NEW HAVEN	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority - Administrative Bldg.	NEW HAVEN	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Nutmeg Companies, Inc.	NORWICH	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LaFramboise Well Drilling, Inc.	THOMPSON	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	East Haven Markets LLC dba ShopRite of East Haven	East Haven	252 FTE
CITY-NEAR	East Haven Markets LLC	East Haven	217 FTE
CITY-NEAR	STOP & SHOP 100692	East Haven	163 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Apple Rehab Laurel Woods	East Haven	158 FTE
NAT-TCR	Smile Surfers Kids Dentistry	Richland, WA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gault	Endicott, NY	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2994	Fultondale, AL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #2980	Conroe, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Homewood Suites by Hilton Carlsbad-N. San Diego County	Carlsbad, CA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Citrus Heights Terrace	Citrus Heights, CA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DLHG, Inc	Jarrell, TX	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NH.SALEM.1 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc	Salem, NH	33 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.