Elementary and secondary schools · Connecticut

Ruth Chaffee School

Newington, CT · ~65 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruth Chaffee School runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Ruth Chaffee School: 4.6 TCR = 331% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruth Chaffee School safety composite

Ruth Chaffee School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Ruth Chaffee School: 5.5 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

Ruth Chaffee School's TCR rose 6.5 from 5.5 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Newington, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 331% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #169/381
  • PHOTO Pike Lake Education …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pike Lake Education Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruth Chaffee School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruth Chaffee School averages 4.6 TCR (331% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Ruth Chaffee School TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=12.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Ruth Chaffee School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #169 safest of 381 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Connecticut.

Ruth Chaffee School (65 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruth Chaffee School
Ruth Chaffee School (65 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ruth Chaffee School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 12.1 4.8 5 0 0
2023 11.8 0.0 5 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2019 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.5 5.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · CT · Newington

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 85 employers in Newington, 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 Pike Lake Education Center 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCAAP 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 742 Riverwoods 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oakland Unified School District 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Connecticut 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acranom Masonry Enterprises 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Automated Building Systems, Inc. CT Office 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE RRSC Bridgeport 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Companions Forever LLC 406 FTE
CITY-NEAR CS Wholesale Grocers : Newington, CT (DC) 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stew Leonard's - Newington 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2965 218 FTE
NAT-TCR Air Filter Plus Inc 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR W.W. Cannon, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aries Buildings Systems 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hensley Industries Attachments 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Coast Air Conditioning Company, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE SunnySlope Tree Farm, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockridge 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jons# 11 65 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, 2018, 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.