Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers · Connecticut

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3

North Haven, CT · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3: 3.7 TCR = 167% of Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 safety composite

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3: 2.4 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2023

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3's TCR rose 2.5 from 2.4 in 2022 to 4.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · North Haven, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 167% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO BERRY MATERIAL HANDL…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BERRY MATERIAL HANDLING- WICHITA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 averages 3.7 TCR (167% of the Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 TCR series: 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 falls in its industry

911 Forklift trucks (except log) m establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 Forklift trucks (except log) m employers in Connecticut.

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 (77 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3
Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 (77 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Summit Handling Systems - Branches 1 + 3 has more employees than the Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wh median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 4.9 2.5 4 0 0
2022 2.4 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · CT · North Haven

911 Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 95 employers in North Haven, 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 BERRY MATERIAL HANDLING- WICHITA 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. C. Ford Co. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matsui America HQ 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Compressor & Equipment, LLC 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Glastonbury 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Petra Construction Corp. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE 122 River St 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greene Rubber Company 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BDL3 4,773 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BDL3 4,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR CT-01 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medtonic 2,818 FTE
NAT-TCR 2917 Bluefield Distrib Center (Va) 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BSN Sports LLC McClellan Park 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana University Health Riley Hospital for Children 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Royal Wholesale Electric (PC7003) 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crofton Country Club 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKinnon and Harris INC 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia/161 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 77 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.