Municipal Water Dept · Connecticut

Water

Waterbury, CT · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water runs at 987% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Municipal Water Dept workplace, earning a grade F.

Water: 11.8 TCR = 987% of Municipal Water Dept BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water safety composite

Water scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−26.4

2016→2023

Water injury rate improved

Water's TCR fell 26.4 from 30.9 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 30.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=30.9 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 987% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #16/20
  • PHOTO Aqua North Carolina,…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aqua North Carolina, Inc. - Cary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water averages 11.8 TCR (987% of the Municipal Water Dept BLS benchmark).

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

Water TCR series: 2016=30.9 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Water falls in its industry

727 Municipal Water Dept establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 20 Municipal Water Dept employers in Connecticut.

Water (41 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Water
Water (41 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Water has fewer employees than the Municipal Water Dept median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2022 6.7 6.7 3 0 0
2021 8.8 6.6 4 0 0
2020 15.4 8.8 4 3 0
2019 11.2 6.7 5 0 0
2018 9.1 5.5 3 2 0
2017 8.2 8.2 3 0 0
2016 30.9 11.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · CT · Waterbury

727 Municipal Water Dept employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, 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 Aqua North Carolina, Inc. - Cary 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Alamo Water Supply Corporation 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alsco Geyer Irrigation, Inc. 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland water Bureau Maintenance and Construction 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Planters' Choice Nursery LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Berlin Gas 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartford Water Pollution Control Facility 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE F.J. Dahill Co., Inc 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Compco Columbiana 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Bernard Hauling Operations 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Machine Division 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wisconsin Truss 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sturgeon 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Breakthru Beverage-Green Bay 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Towne Electric, Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE UFP Site Built, LLC (dba Atlantic Prefab) 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: 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.