Distribution of natural gas · Connecticut

Southern Connecticut Gas

Orange, CT · ~301 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Connecticut Gas runs at 485% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Connecticut Gas: 5.8 TCR = 485% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Connecticut Gas safety composite

Southern Connecticut Gas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−2.5

2018→2024

Southern Connecticut Gas injury rate improved

Southern Connecticut Gas's TCR fell 2.5 from 8.2 in 2018 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.2 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 485% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO TAFT BASE - 15
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 113 inj
  • SIZE ~301 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TAFT BASE - 15 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Connecticut Gas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Connecticut Gas averages 5.8 TCR (485% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Connecticut Gas TCR series: 2018=8.2 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Southern Connecticut Gas falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Distribution of natural gas employers in Connecticut.

Southern Connecticut Gas (301 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Connecticut Gas
Southern Connecticut Gas (301 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Southern Connecticut Gas has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas 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
2024 5.8 4.0 16 0 0
2023 5.4 4.8 17 0 0
2022 6.3 4.7 19 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 17 0 0
2020 1.6 1.3 3 2 0
2019 7.9 6.5 22 0 0
2018 8.2 6.7 19 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CT · Orange

1,153 Distribution of natural gas 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR TAFT BASE - 15 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIMI BASE - 15 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ONG ER BROKN ARRW SC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wise Ave. 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Windsor Ofc/Whse 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE NBC Sports Group : Sports - Remotes 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sharon Hospital 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Cheshire 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR UIL/United Illuminating 877 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Illuminating 689 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange Markets LLC. dba ShopRite of Orange 278 FTE
NAT-TCR B29 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aiken County Detention Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LaClare Creamery, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Beck & Hofer Construction 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 160 - Boston 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service, Inc. 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE RML Specialty Hospital Chicago 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nokian Tyres 301 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. 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.