Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · Connecticut

Southeast Area Transit District

Preston, CT · ~62 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southeast Area Transit District runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade F.

Southeast Area Transit District: 9.8 TCR = 218% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southeast Area Transit District safety composite

Southeast Area Transit District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.0

2016→2022

Southeast Area Transit District injury rate improved

Southeast Area Transit District's TCR fell 6.0 from 9.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2017=12.7 · 2018=16.0 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Preston, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 218% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Lake Erie Transit
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake Erie Transit (0.1 TCR gap)

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Southeast Area Transit District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southeast Area Transit District averages 9.8 TCR (218% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

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

Southeast Area Transit District TCR series: 2016=9 · 2017=12.7 · 2018=16 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=5 · 2022=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Southeast Area Transit District falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in Connecticut.

Southeast Area Transit District (62 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southeast Area Transit District
Southeast Area Transit District (62 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Southeast Area Transit District has fewer employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2022 3.0 1.5 1 1 0
2021 5.0 3.3 3 0 0
2020 15.8 12.3 9 0 0
2019 7.2 1.8 3 1 0
2018 16.0 14.2 9 0 0
2017 12.7 3.6 7 0 0
2016 9.0 3.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · CT · Preston

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 5 employers in Preston, 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 Lake Erie Transit 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-SS015 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-590 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greater Peoria Mass Transit District 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bartlett Brainard Eacott 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE NPL East LLC - Connecticut 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 16-CT 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Botanical Extract Manufacturer 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Overhead Door Co of Norwich, Incorporated 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preston General Government 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preston Fire Department 18 FTE
NAT-TCR Tuckey Metal Fabricators, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0045-0045-08409 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-02918 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Molly Maid of the High Desert 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Franciscan Health Center 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-Ea-San-San Diego-San-Trml 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE SuperMax Laguna Gardens 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG769 62 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.