Academies, college or university · Connecticut

University of Connecticut, Storrs

Storrs, CT · ~12,616 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Connecticut, Storrs runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

University of Connecticut, Storrs: 2.8 TCR = 201% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Connecticut, Storrs safety composite

University of Connecticut, Storrs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−0.5

2022→2024

University of Connecticut, Storrs injury rate improved

University of Connecticut, Storrs's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.3 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.3 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Storrs, CT ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 201% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #15/19
  • PHOTO Norfolk State Univer…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 266 inj
  • SIZE ~12,616 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norfolk State University (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Connecticut, Storrs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Connecticut, Storrs averages 2.8 TCR (201% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

University of Connecticut, Storrs TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 1.4

Where University of Connecticut, Storrs falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 19 Academies, college or universi employers in Connecticut.

University of Connecticut, Storrs (12,616 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate University of Connecticut, Storrs
University of Connecticut, Storrs (12,616 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

University of Connecticut, Storrs has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2024 2.8 1.8 93 1 0
2023 2.3 1.8 69 4 0
2022 3.3 2.4 104 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · CT · Storrs

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 13 employers in Storrs, 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 Norfolk State University 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Aguadilla 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wake Forest University Health Sciences 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Dynamics Electric Boat 12,075 FTE
STATE-SIZE University of Connecticut - Storrs 13,590 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Boat, Groton, CT. 15,116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pratt & Whitney East Hartford 9,837 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100110024385-UCN-UCONN/STORRS/CT 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1494-University of Connecticut 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milton C. Beebe & Sons, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-TCR Pruitthealth 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kls Frito Lay Ms 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Jameson Roofing Co., Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Williamsport 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE FCA US Headquarters and Technology 12,609 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon State University 12,573 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO002 12,691 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: 2024, 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.