Parks and recreation commission, government · Connecticut

Stratford Recreation Department

Stratford, CT · ~106 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stratford Recreation Department runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Parks and recreation commission, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Stratford Recreation Department: 6.0 TCR = 186% of Parks and recreation commission, government BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stratford Recreation Department safety composite

Stratford Recreation Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.3

2017→2021

Stratford Recreation Department injury rate improved

Stratford Recreation Department's TCR fell 6.3 from 12.4 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Stratford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 186% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #10/28
  • PHOTO Lord House, Ortley B…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lord House, Ortley Beach Lifeguard Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stratford Recreation Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stratford Recreation Department averages 6.0 TCR (186% of the Parks and recreation commission, government BLS benchmark).

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

Stratford Recreation Department TCR series: 2017=12.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=6 · BLS 3.2

Where Stratford Recreation Department falls in its industry

413 Parks and recreation commissio establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 28 Parks and recreation commissio employers in Connecticut.

Stratford Recreation Department (106 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Stratford Recreation Department
Stratford Recreation Department (106 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Stratford Recreation Department has more employees than the Parks and recreation commission, governm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 6.0 6.0 1 0 0
2020 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2019 6.1 6.1 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 12.4 12.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · CT · Stratford

413 Parks and recreation commission, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Stratford, 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 Lord House, Ortley Beach Lifeguard Station 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Fish & Game (7) 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Des Plaines Park District 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Zionsville Parks and Recreation 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Controlled Air Inc 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Massconn Distributors CPL, Inc 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dur-A-Flex 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE IDEX Health & Science 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford Main St (5225) 6,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford 6900 Main St (5225) 6,665 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group, Inc. 2,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group - New Haven 1,612 FTE
NAT-TCR Sysco North Texas 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Angeles Plant 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Milestone - CdA 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NRP-IA 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mercy At Home 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Cary Company 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mobile Division Michigan Avenue Complex 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barbosa Cabinets, Inc. - Lathrop 106 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.