Academies, college or university · Connecticut
University of Connecticut - Storrs
Storrs, CT · ~13,590 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
University of Connecticut - Storrs runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.
University of Connecticut - Storrs: 2.5 TCR = 177% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 6y 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 10%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 2.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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%).
Rising injury rate
University of Connecticut - Storrs: 1.5 → 2.9 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2021
University of Connecticut - Storrs's TCR rose 1.4 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611310 · Storrs, CT ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 2.5 · 177% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #13/19
- PHOTO Michigan State Unive…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 581 inj
- SIZE ~13,590 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Michigan 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
- This site
University of Connecticut - Storrs
2.5 TCR
- Michigan State
Michigan State University
2.5 TCR
- Northwest Rese
Northwest Research and Outreach Center
2.5 TCR
- Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain College LLC
2.4 TCR
- Hastings Colle
Hastings College
2.4 TCR
What this shows University of Connecticut - Storrs averages 2.5 TCR (177% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).
University of Connecticut - Storrs TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.9 · BLS 1.4
Where University of Connecticut - Storrs falls in its industry
347 Academies, college or universi establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Academies, college or universi employers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 65 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 109 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 125 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 100 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 96 | 8 | 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 | Michigan State University | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rocky Mountain College LLC | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hastings College | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northwest Research and Outreach Center | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | University of Connecticut, Storrs | 12,616 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Dynamics Electric Boat | 12,075 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electric Boat, Groton, CT. | 15,116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Yale-New Haven Hospital | 15,725 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 | Willamette-Graystone PDXP | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Acument Global Technologies 2 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M755-M001 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Atlas Sign Industries of NC, LLC | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Universal Parks and Resorts : UO | 13,442 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hospital of University of Pennsylvania | 13,423 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nationwide Children's Hospital | 13,367 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WFBMC - Winston Campus | 13,298 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.