Excavation contractors · Connecticut

Richards Corporation

Terryville, CT · ~102 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Richards Corporation runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Richards Corporation: 0.5 TCR = 19% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richards Corporation safety composite

Richards Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2019→2024

Richards Corporation injury rate improved

Richards Corporation's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.1 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Terryville, CT AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Milburn LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milburn LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richards Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richards Corporation averages 0.5 TCR (19% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Richards Corporation TCR series: 2019=2.1 · 2020=1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Richards Corporation falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Excavation contractors employers in Connecticut.

Richards Corporation (102 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Richards Corporation
Richards Corporation (102 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Richards Corporation has more employees than the Excavation contractors 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CT · Terryville

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 11 employers in Terryville, 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 Milburn LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Peter Metal Works 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Onshore Materials LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baker Constructors, Inc. Georgia Division 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE main enterprises 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marmon Utility LLC Seymour 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pursuit Aerospace DBA Whitcraft South Windsor 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Board of Education 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terryville CT Fire Department 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Products Company 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Government 40 FTE
NAT-TCR Pacific Building Group 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Team Select Home Care - TPA 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HBW Properties, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BERKELEY 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berry-It Inc 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pyrotechnic Specialties Inc. 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE CR Insulation 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pocahontas Community Hospital 102 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.