Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Connecticut
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington
Newington, CT · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington runs at 475% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington: 15.7 TCR = 475% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington safety composite
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington: 8.0 → 19.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 19.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2021
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington's TCR rose 11.4 from 8.0 in 2019 to 19.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Newington, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 475% of ind
- DART 12.9 DART
- RANK #9/9
- PHOTO Streich Bros. Inc.
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Streich Bros. Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Plant 6
Plant 6
16 TCR
- This site
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington
15.7 TCR
- Streich Bros.
Streich Bros. Inc.
15.6 TCR
- Chief Industri
Chief Industries Inc Buildings SC
15.4 TCR
- DeLong's, Inc.
DeLong's, Inc. - Sedalia
15.4 TCR
What this shows Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington averages 15.7 TCR (475% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington TCR series: 2019=8 · 2020=19.7 · 2021=19.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington falls in its industry
1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Connecticut.
Shepard Steel Co., Inc. - Newington has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin 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 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 19.7 | 12.3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · CT · Newington
1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 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 | Streich Bros. Inc. | 15.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chief Industries Inc Buildings SC | 15.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DeLong's, Inc. - Sedalia | 15.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant 6 | 16.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Affinity Grow | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - New Britain | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - East Windsor | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loureiro Contractors, Inc. | 37 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 | Critical Environments Inc | 15.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4765-MOBCIUSPS | 15.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bickford of Quincy | 15.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dollar General (WC USX DIN) | 15.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lexington Place | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 44241d - Columbus Bin | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 44161i - Montgomery Pec | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 42451d - Hubbard | 37 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.