Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · New Jersey

42341 - North New Jersey Zone

Name: 42341 - North New Jersey Zone Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Somerset, NJ · ~129 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

42341 - North New Jersey Zone runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

42341 - North New Jersey Zone: 5.8 TCR = 265% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

42341 - North New Jersey Zone safety composite

42341 - North New Jersey Zone scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−10.3

2019→2020

42341 - North New Jersey Zone injury rate improved

42341 - North New Jersey Zone's TCR fell 10.3 from 11.0 in 2019 to 0.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.0 · 2020=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 265% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #20/24
PHOTO MADISON ZONE EmpWo…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MADISON ZONE EmpWorkCtrCd 30001950 (0.0 TCR gap)

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MADISON ZONE

5.9
42111B - WILMI

5.9
42141C - SOUTH

5.9
This site

5.8
Herr Foods Inc

5.7

What this shows 42341 - North New Jersey Zone averages 5.8 TCR (265% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

42341 - North New Jersey Zone TCR series: 2019=11 · 2020=0.7 · BLS 2.2

Where 42341 - North New Jersey Zone falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 24 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in New Jersey.

42341 - North New Jersey Zone (129 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

42341 - North New Jersey Zone has more employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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	0.7	0.7	1	0	0
2019	11.0	9.4	14	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · NJ · Somerset

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	MADISON ZONE EmpWorkCtrCd 30001950	MADISON, WI	5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	42111B - WILMINGTON	WILMINGTON, MA	5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	42141C - SOUTH WINDSOR CT	SOUTH WINDSOR, CT	5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Herr Foods Inc. 68	ELKRIDGE, MD	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	201-NJ-New Jersey Central	SOMERSET	129 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Automated Logic Controls (New York-New Jersey)	CLIFTON	129 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Associated Fire Protection, Inc.	PATERSON	129 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newark Container	NEWARK	129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catalent	Somerset	4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9	Somerset	2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PIM Brands	Somerset	682 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Somerset	Somerset	642 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1255	Davenport, FL	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	532 Waco, Tx	Waco, TX	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tmx2624 - Niceville	Niceville, FL	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lci - 214	Nampa, ID	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Laurel Center	Hamburg, PA	129 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PA - Samsung (Bethel)	Bethel, PA	129 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Better Baked Foods NY	Westfield, NY	129 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Girl Chicago	Chicago, IL	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: 2020, 2019. 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.