Transportation · New Jersey

ABF Freight 279

Pine Brook, NJ · ~45 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 279 runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

ABF Freight 279: 12.7 TCR = 281% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 279 safety composite

ABF Freight 279 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

ABF Freight 279: 9.4 → 17.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 20.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2024

ABF Freight 279's TCR rose 8.3 from 9.4 in 2017 to 17.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Pine Brook, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 281% of ind

  • DART 15.5 DART
  • RANK #71/79
  • PHOTO ABF Freight 222
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABF Freight 222 (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 279 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 279 averages 12.7 TCR (281% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 279 TCR series: 2017=9.4 · 2018=20 · 2019=13.2 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=13.7 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=11 · 2024=17.7 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 279 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 79 Transportation employers in New Jersey.

ABF Freight 279 (45 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ABF Freight 279
ABF Freight 279 (45 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 279 has fewer employees than the Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2024 17.7 15.5 8 0 0
2023 11.0 9.1 6 0 0
2022 7.2 7.2 4 0 0
2021 13.7 9.8 7 0 0
2020 9.1 6.8 4 0 0
2019 13.2 10.6 5 0 0
2018 20.0 6.0 10 0 0
2017 9.4 9.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NJ · Pine Brook

3,020 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 21 employers in Pine Brook, 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 ABF Freight 222 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 641 SAN DIEGO 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-381 SC 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 076 Chino 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Jersey Gas-Cumberland 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Jersey Gas: Atlantic Division 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redcom Design and Construction LLC 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ-01 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winebow-NJ 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kearfott GND 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coherent - AMD (Pine Brook) 164 FTE
NAT-TCR Independence Elementary 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack Walters & Sons Corp. - Fairfield 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR TRH007 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4002 - Eau Claire Truss Plant 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 269 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 151 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Titan Leasing Corp. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Construction Services, Inc 45 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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