School districts, elementary or secondary · Connecticut

West Side Middle School

Groton, CT · ~88 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Side Middle School runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical School districts, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

West Side Middle School: 2.9 TCR = 205% of School districts, elementary or secondary BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Side Middle School safety composite

West Side Middle School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

West Side Middle School: 1.4 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2020

West Side Middle School's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.4 in 2018 to 2.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Groton, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.9 · 205% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #101/381
  • PHOTO Anoka High
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Anoka High (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Side Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Side Middle School averages 2.9 TCR (205% of the School districts, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark).

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

West Side Middle School TCR series: 2018=1.4 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=2 · BLS 1.4

Where West Side Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 School districts, elementary o establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #101 safest of 381 School districts, elementary o employers in Connecticut.

West Side Middle School (88 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West Side Middle School
West Side Middle School (88 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

West Side Middle School has more employees than the School districts, elementary or secondar median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 5.2 2.6 4 0 0
2018 1.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · CT · Groton

3,374 School districts, elementary or secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 67 employers in Groton, 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 Anoka High 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waterford Public Schools - Waterford High School 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westwood Hills Elementary Schools 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Vannoy Elementatry 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Flower Farm Torrington 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service Maintenance Company Inc 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Camsan Inc 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shawns Lawns Inc. 2021 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Electric Boat, Groton, CT. 15,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Dynamics Electric Boat 12,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Inc 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Connecticut- Avery Point Campus 314 FTE
NAT-TCR Watts Water Technologies 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NMH - MG Office Bldg clinics Podiatry, Speciality, FP, IM, UC, Peds, Lab and Pharmacy 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Priebe Security Services 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tennant Company Corporate Woods TSSC 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Air Assurance 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stockton Eagle Roofing Products 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rest Haven Homes 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Springs at South Biscayne, LLC 88 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.