Lending libraries · Connecticut

Town of Hamden - Library

Hamden, CT · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Town of Hamden - Library runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lending libraries workplace, earning a grade F.

Town of Hamden - Library: 1.5 TCR = 219% of Lending libraries BLS 0.7 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Town of Hamden - Library safety composite

Town of Hamden - Library scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Town of Hamden - Library: 0.0 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 4.06× in 2022

Town of Hamden - Library's TCR rose 6.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 4.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Hamden, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.5 · 219% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #9/25
  • PHOTO PW Public Library Sy…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PW Public Library System (0.1 TCR gap)

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Town of Hamden - Library in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Town of Hamden - Library averages 1.5 TCR (219% of the Lending libraries BLS benchmark).

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

Town of Hamden - Library TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.2 · BLS 0.7

Where Town of Hamden - Library falls in its industry

89 Lending libraries establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 25 Lending libraries employers in Connecticut.

Town of Hamden - Library (41 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Town of Hamden - Library
Town of Hamden - Library (41 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Town of Hamden - Library has fewer employees than the Lending libraries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2022 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · CT · Hamden

89 Lending libraries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 80 employers in Hamden, 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 PW Public Library System 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fletcher Free Library 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orem City Library 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Royal Oak - Public Library 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Planters' Choice Nursery LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Berlin Gas 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartford Water Pollution Control Facility 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTtransit 1,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whitney Center 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamden Markets LLC, dba ShopRite of Hamden 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arden House 226 FTE
NAT-TCR Entegris, Inc Colorado Springs 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Residential HVAC and Supply : WHSE-Memphis, TN-USA 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 088 Texas Health Physicians Group 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2157 Cullman Sheet Plant 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Michigan 38660 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wexford 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG368 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leonard Trucking 41 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.