Discount Department Stores · New Jersey

1155 - Watchung

Name: 1155 - Watchung Workplace Safety Data
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Watchung, NJ · ~236 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1155 - Watchung runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

1155 - Watchung: 3.8 TCR = 113% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1155 - Watchung safety composite

1155 - Watchung scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

1155 - Watchung: 1.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024

1155 - Watchung's TCR rose 3.5 from 1.0 in 2019 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Watchung, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 113% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #29/85
PHOTO 0012 - Bridgeton
BOOK 5y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~236 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0012 - Bridgeton (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.8
0012 - Bridget

3.8
1229 - Everett

3.8
WM 845

3.8
Ross store 624

3.8

What this shows 1155 - Watchung averages 3.8 TCR (113% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

1155 - Watchung TCR series: 2019=1 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=5 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 1155 - Watchung falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 85 Discount Department Stores employers in New Jersey.

1155 - Watchung (236 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1155 - Watchung has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024	4.5	3.6	5	0
2023	1.9	1.9	2	0
2022	5.0	2.5	6	0
2021	6.8	4.3	6	2
2019	1.0	1.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · NJ · Watchung

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 21 employers in Watchung, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	0012 - Bridgeton	BRIDGETON, MO	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1229 - Everett	EVERETT, MA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 845	BUFFALO, MO	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross store 624	LAWRENCEVILLE, GA	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Montana Construction Corp Inc	LODI	236 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ShopRite Of Hillsdale # 151	HILLSDALE	236 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1192 - Middletown	MIDDLETOWN	236 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Deptford Center	DEPTFORD	236 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5111	Watchung	259 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shop Rite of Watchung	Watchung	150 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0906 WATCHUNG	Watchung	135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2532-25320073	Watchung	134 FTE
NAT-TCR	1229 - Everett	Everett, MA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	0012 - Bridgeton	Bridgeton, MO	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Newport, AR	Newport, AR	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CMP Pharma, Inc.	Farmville, NC	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1290 - Saugus	Saugus, MA	236 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2830 - Santa Clara	Santa Clara, CA	236 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2542 - Tulsa South	Tulsa, OK	236 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2386 - Atwater	Atwater, CA	236 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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