Solar Panel Installation · New Jersey

201-NJ-New Jersey Central

Somerset, NJ · ~129 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

201-NJ-New Jersey Central runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Solar Panel Installation workplace, earning a grade D.

201-NJ-New Jersey Central: 4.5 TCR = 162% of Solar Panel Installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

201-NJ-New Jersey Central safety composite

201-NJ-New Jersey Central scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.7

2017→2018

201-NJ-New Jersey Central injury rate improved

201-NJ-New Jersey Central's TCR fell 1.7 from 5.4 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.4 · 2018=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 162% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #73/103
  • PHOTO Technology for Educa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Technology for Education, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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201-NJ-New Jersey Central in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 201-NJ-New Jersey Central averages 4.5 TCR (162% of the Solar Panel Installation BLS benchmark).

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

201-NJ-New Jersey Central TCR series: 2017=5.4 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 2.8

Where 201-NJ-New Jersey Central falls in its industry

4,550 Solar Panel Installation establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 103 Solar Panel Installation employers in New Jersey.

201-NJ-New Jersey Central (129 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 201-NJ-New Jersey Central
201-NJ-New Jersey Central (129 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

201-NJ-New Jersey Central has more employees than the Solar Panel Installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018 3.7 2.1 7 0 0
2017 5.4 4.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · NJ · Somerset

4,550 Solar Panel Installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 134 employers in Somerset, NJ · 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 Technology for Education, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New England Safety Systems, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rethink Electric LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mels Electric 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Automated Logic Controls (New York-New Jersey) 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Associated Fire Protection, Inc. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newark Container 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aptar Eatontown 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catalent 4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9 2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIM Brands 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 642 FTE
NAT-TCR Evergreen Home Healthcare-Fort Collins 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4557 San Jose, Ca 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hermiston Center (Orhrm) 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Conrad Shipyard - Orange Texas 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dyersburg Facility 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE 24FF 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland - RI 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland - BR 129 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.