Gas, natural, distribution · Connecticut

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange

Name: Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Orange, CT · ~305 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.7
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange runs at 722% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gas, natural, distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange: 8.7 TCR = 722% of Gas, natural, distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange safety composite

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange: 7.2 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2017

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange's TCR rose 2.8 from 7.2 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Orange, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 722% of ind

DART 8.0 DART
RANK #11/13
PHOTO National Fuel Distri…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 50 inj
SIZE ~305 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: National Fuel Distribution Clarence Servicenter (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saticoy Base -

8.6

What this shows Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange averages 8.7 TCR (722% of the Gas, natural, distribution BLS benchmark).

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=10.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange falls in its industry

1,153 Gas, natural, distribution establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Gas, natural, distribution employers in Connecticut.

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange (305 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange has more employees than the Gas, natural, distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2017	10.1	8.0	29	0	0
2016	7.2	6.5	21	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CT · Orange

1,153 Gas, natural, distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 60 employers in Orange, 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	National Fuel Distribution Clarence Servicenter	CLARENCE, NY	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saticoy Base - Bld: 0295 - 15	VAN NUYS, CA	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OR-Eugene RC	EUGENE, OR	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Citizens Gas Utility District	HELENWOOD, TN	8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	MONROE	305 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EBAD-SY	SIMSBURY	304 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stamford HUB	STAMFORD	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Milford Markets LLC	MILFORD	306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UIL/United Illuminating	Orange	877 FTE
CITY-NEAR	United Illuminating	Orange	689 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southern Connecticut Gas	Orange	301 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Orange Markets LLC. dba ShopRite of Orange	Orange	278 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dealers Warehouse Corporation-Powell	Powell, TN	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arizona Water Company	Phoenix, AZ	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	SVC - Inn at the Park	San Diego, CA	8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Greenville Parts Distribution Center	Greenville, SC	8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Floyd Valley Hospital	Le Mars, IA	305 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dakkota Brownstown	Brownstown, MI	305 FTE
NAT-SIZE	L3 Combat Propulsion Systems	Muskegon, MI	305 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rocky Mountain Metal Containers-Cans	Golden, CO	305 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: 2017, 2016. 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.