Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Connecticut

Valley Transit District

Derby, CT · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Transit District runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Transit District: 11.4 TCR = 253% of Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Transit District safety composite

Valley Transit District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.7

2022→2023

Valley Transit District injury rate improved

Valley Transit District's TCR fell 2.7 from 12.8 in 2022 to 10.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.8 · 2023=10.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Derby, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 253% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO 4131 POWER MAINTENANCE
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4131 POWER MAINTENANCE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Transit District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Transit District averages 11.4 TCR (253% of the Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Transit District TCR series: 2022=12.8 · 2023=10.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Valley Transit District falls in its industry

421 Transit systems, mixed mode (e establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Transit systems, mixed mode (e employers in Connecticut.

Valley Transit District (22 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Transit District
Valley Transit District (22 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Valley Transit District has fewer employees than the Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 10.1 10.1 2 0 0
2022 12.8 12.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · CT · Derby

421 Transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 33 employers in Derby, 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 4131 POWER MAINTENANCE 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Transit Transfer Road 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Division 24 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bladensburg Facility 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Norwich 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Towantic 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Kleen 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water & Sewer - Spring St. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Griffin Hospital 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Derby Shoprite 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR Derby Fire Department 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Big Y Foods, Inc. Derby 141 FTE
NAT-TCR Stokes Motors Inc 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. (PC2574) 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunrise Park Resort 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Armstrong Garden Centers 793 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Texas Airzone LLC 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE SJS 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeshore Railcar and Tanker Services 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISE Newberry Liquid Plant 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.