Solid Waste Collection · Connecticut

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT

Cheshire, CT · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT: 7.0 TCR = 267% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT safety composite

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT: 6.5 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT's TCR rose 0.7 from 6.5 in 2019 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Cheshire, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 267% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #31/47
  • PHOTO S09910 - NOVA Hauling
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09910 - NOVA Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - Cheshire,CT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - Cheshire,CT averages 7.0 TCR (267% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT TCR series: 2019=6.5 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - Cheshire,CT falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 47 Solid Waste Collection employers in Connecticut.

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT (47 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Stericycle - Cheshire,CT
Stericycle - Cheshire,CT (47 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Stericycle - Cheshire,CT has fewer employees than the Solid Waste Collection median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 7.2 4.8 2 1 0
2023 8.3 4.2 4 0 0
2022 8.1 8.1 5 0 0
2021 7.6 5.7 3 1 0
2020 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2019 6.5 6.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · CT · Cheshire

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 68 employers in Cheshire, 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 S09910 - NOVA Hauling 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Batavia Hauling 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Ana - Republic Services 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Canon City - # 4654 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lindy Farms 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Danielson Elec 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Penna Construction (aka: A.J. Penna & Son Construction) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105603 - 155.7MW Gravel Pit CT Solar 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bozzuto's Inc. 1,617 FTE
CITY-NEAR 88500 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cheshire Corectional Institution 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cheshire 385 FTE
NAT-TCR Phrg Nj 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Berberian Nut Company 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Armaly LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexington Regional Health Center 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beaumont TX FXFE-BMT 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prosperity SC 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Allentown PA FXFE-NAT 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pocatello ID FXFE-POC 47 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. 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.