Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap · Connecticut

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc

Waterbury, CT · ~73 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc runs at 428% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap workplace, earning a grade F.

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc: 14.1 TCR = 428% of Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc safety composite

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−10.1

2016→2020

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc injury rate improved

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc's TCR fell 10.1 from 18.7 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.7 · 2017=15.0 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331491 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 428% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Vulcan Global Manufa…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vulcan Global Manufacturing Solutions (0.5 TCR gap)

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The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc averages 14.1 TCR (428% of the Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap BLS benchmark).

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

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc TCR series: 2016=18.7 · 2017=15 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc falls in its industry

113 Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

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 10 Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate employers in Connecticut.

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc (73 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc
The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc (73 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1

The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc has fewer employees than the Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, ro median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2020 8.6 5.2 4 1 0
2019 13.6 12.1 9 0 0
2018 14.6 14.6 9 1 0
2017 15.0 12.0 9 1 0
2016 18.7 15.8 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331491 · CT · Waterbury

113 Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, 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 Vulcan Global Manufacturing Solutions 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR G & S Titanium, Inc. 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Platt Brothers & Co. 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TechSpec Inc., (TSI Titanium) 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CECO Concrete : Hartford 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forrest Machine Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Division 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6203 BERLIN 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR 389009-Willard Po 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The IFH Group West, LLC 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gv-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Greenville 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Paradise Valley 14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jet Transportation Systems - Dayton 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ballast Point- Daleville 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interim and Briarwood HHC 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glenbrook Rehabiliation & Skilled Nursing Center 73 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.