Grocery stores · New Jersey

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite

Name: #578 South Plainfield Shoprite Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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South Plainfield, NJ · ~263 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite: 9.8 TCR = 289% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite safety composite

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−10.1

2016→2019

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite injury rate improved

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite's TCR fell 10.1 from 16.3 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.3 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · South Plainfield, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 289% of ind

DART 5.7 DART
RANK #613/746
PHOTO 20500002-320 STORE 3…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 51 inj
SIZE ~263 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 20500002-320 STORE 320 - DALY CITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABS-0030-0030-

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SWY-0019-0019-

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9.8

What this shows #578 South Plainfield Shoprite averages 9.8 TCR (289% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite TCR series: 2016=16.3 · 2017=5 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=6.2 · BLS 3.4

Where #578 South Plainfield Shoprite falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

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 #613 safest of 746 Grocery stores employers in New Jersey.

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite (263 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

#578 South Plainfield Shoprite has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2019	6.2	5.7	12
2018	11.7	4.4	24
2017	5.0	2.3	11
2016	16.3	0.0	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NJ · South Plainfield

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 112 employers in South Plainfield, 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	20500002-320 STORE 320 - DALY CITY	DALY CITY, CA	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ABS-0030-0030-03367 FAC-03367-BILLINGS-MT	BILLINGS, MT	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0019-0019-00406 FAC-00406-FOREST GROVE-OR	FOREST GROVE, OR	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NAI-0033-0033-04559 FAC-04559-LEWISTON-ME	LEWISTON, ME	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dr Praegers Sensible Foods Inc	ELMWOOD PARK	263 FTE
STATE-SIZE	9123-EWR-PRIMEFLIGHT AVIATION SERVICES, INC.	HILLSIDE	263 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Linden Distribution Center	LINDEN	263 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Celgene Corp. - 300 Connell Drive	BERKELEY HEIGHTS	263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PSE&G NJ Projects & Construction	South Plainfield	1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PSE&G NJ - DELIVERY PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION (DP&C)	South Plainfield	868 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Accurate Diagnostic Lab	South Plainfield	492 FTE
CITY-NEAR	G&W Laboratories, Inc.	South Plainfield	363 FTE
NAT-TCR	McKey Perforating TN 355	Manchester, TN	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	C & H Services - Pleasant Prairie, WI	Pleasant Prairie, WI	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Town of Chapel Hill - Police Department	Chapel Hill, NC	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cushwa Plant	Williamsport, MD	9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	District 9	Bishop, CA	263 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crowley County	Olney Springs, CO	263 FTE
NAT-SIZE	3495-11DA301	Moon Township, PA	263 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hydro - Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	263 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.