Used merchandise stores · Connecticut

Waterbury Store

Waterbury, CT · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waterbury Store runs at 306% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Waterbury Store: 10.4 TCR = 306% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterbury Store safety composite

Waterbury Store scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−3.1

2016→2024

Waterbury Store injury rate improved

Waterbury Store's TCR fell 3.1 from 18.0 in 2016 to 14.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.0 · 2017=12.1 · 2018=16.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=18.2 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=14.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 306% of ind

  • DART 9.9 DART
  • RANK #34/39
  • PHOTO 1125 Totem Lake
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1125 Totem Lake (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterbury Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterbury Store averages 10.4 TCR (306% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

Waterbury Store TCR series: 2016=18 · 2017=12.1 · 2018=16.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=18.2 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=14.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Waterbury Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 39 Used merchandise stores employers in Connecticut.

Waterbury Store (25 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waterbury Store
Waterbury Store (25 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Waterbury Store has fewer employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 14.9 9.9 3 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2020 18.2 18.2 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 16.5 16.5 3 0 0
2017 12.1 6.1 2 0 0
2016 18.0 18.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · CT · Waterbury

1,556 Used merchandise stores 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 1125 Totem Lake 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ballantyne Store 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Aid Inc 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 103 - North Kansas City Retail Store 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woodstock Building Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE E&N Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clearheart Construction Company, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Northeast Companies 25 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 Carris Reels NC 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AATP - Mid Atlantic 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Albany Medical Center Hospital 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cornerstone Residence Senior Care 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pillar Innovations, LLC - Farmington 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cind-r-lite North 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sidney Division 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unalakleet Plant 25 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: 2024, 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.