Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing · Connecticut
The Taylor and Fenn Company
Windsor, CT · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 22.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Taylor and Fenn Company runs at 669% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 22.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 24
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares The Taylor and Fenn Company's OSHA Total Case Rate of 22.1 to the Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (669% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
The Taylor and Fenn Company's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where The Taylor and Fenn Company falls in its industry
281 Cast iron brake shoes, railroa establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Trend analysis for The Taylor and Fenn Company
Between 2016 and 2018, The Taylor and Fenn Company's Total Case Rate worsened from 6.2 to 47.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 660% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 6.2, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 47.0, a spread of 40.8 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, The Taylor and Fenn Company recorded 24 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 24 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for The Taylor and Fenn Company are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 331511 - Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
16 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 68,094 hours worked = 46.99 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The Taylor and Fenn Company (this establishment) | 22.07 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Gray iron foundries industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 331511 |
| Connecticut state avg (all industries) | 6.15 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by The Taylor and Fenn Company to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 6 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 5 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.0 | 2.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on The Taylor and Fenn Company's reported OSHA injury record versus its Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 669% of the Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing benchmark, The Taylor and Fenn Company reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Cast iron brake shoes, railroad, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.