Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling · Connecticut

Valley Oil

Portland, CT · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Oil runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade D.

Valley Oil: 5.9 TCR = 174% of Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Oil safety composite

Valley Oil scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.5

2016→2023

Valley Oil injury rate improved

Valley Oil's TCR fell 13.5 from 13.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.5 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 457210 · Portland, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 174% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P56
  • PHOTO R44 Anaheim CA
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R44 Anaheim CA (0.2 TCR gap)

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Valley Oil in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Oil averages 5.9 TCR (174% of the Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Oil TCR series: 2016=13.5 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=5 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Valley Oil falls in its industry

71 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) deale establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Valley Oil (43 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Oil
Valley Oil (43 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Valley Oil has more employees than the Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2021 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2020 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2019 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2017 9.6 7.2 4 0 0
2016 13.5 10.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

457210 · CT · Portland

71 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 15 employers in Portland, 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 R44 Anaheim CA 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR R31 Hilton Head SC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R31 Athens TN 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR R32 Tampa FL 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Middletown Power LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bismark Construction Company, Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paganelli Construction Corp 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Portland Care and Rehabilitation Centre 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Portland Care and Rehab Centre 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Town of Portland - All Others 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR JARVIS AIRFOIL INC 84 FTE
NAT-TCR North America : Sacramento Mfg 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Neone - O'Neill 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Stanley Street 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta, Ga 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE MR Design and Packaging 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE EM Printing 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stateline Medical Center 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC1 43 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.