General medical and surgical hospitals · Connecticut
Waterbury Hospital
Waterbury, CT · ~1,472 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Waterbury Hospital runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
Waterbury Hospital: 7.4 TCR = 99% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Waterbury Hospital safety composite
Waterbury Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
Waterbury Hospital: 5.3 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.37× in 2024
Waterbury Hospital's TCR rose 0.4 from 5.3 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Waterbury, CT AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 7.4 · 99% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #55/86
- PHOTO Hillsboro Area Hospi…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 597 inj
- SIZE ~1,472 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hillsboro Area Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Waterbury Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Waterbury Hospital
7.4 TCR
- Hillsboro Area
Hillsboro Area Hospital
7.4 TCR
- FV Southdale H
FV Southdale Hospital
7.4 TCR
- TXAUS42 ASCENS
TXAUS42 ASCENSION SETON WILLIAMSON
7.4 TCR
- King's Daughte
King's Daughters Medical Center Ohio
7.4 TCR
What this shows Waterbury Hospital averages 7.4 TCR (99% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Waterbury Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=8 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=12.7 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 7.5
Where Waterbury Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 86 General medical and surgical h employers in Connecticut.
Waterbury Hospital has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 54 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 65 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 59 | 65 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · CT · Waterbury
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals 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 | Hillsboro Area Hospital | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FV Southdale Hospital | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TXAUS42 ASCENSION SETON WILLIAMSON | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | King's Daughters Medical Center Ohio | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Town of Greenwich Board of Education | 1,471 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Board of Education | 1,474 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SMG | 1,487 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waterbury Youth Services | 1,504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Mary's Hospital | 1,654 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital | 1,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Naugatuck Valley Community College | 1,277 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DDS West Region | 555 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 191 Port St. Lucie | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Adult Day Center | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Montrose Health Center LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ilima at Leihano | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Smith & Wesson | 1,472 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Santa Ana | 1,472 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Logan Aluminum, Inc. | 1,472 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital | 1,473 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.