Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · New Jersey

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset

Somerset, NJ · ~255 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset safety composite

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−0.6

2020→2021

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset injury rate improved

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.4 in 2020 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.4 · 2021=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Somerset, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #74/93
  • PHOTO Tec Labs Building
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~255 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tec Labs Building (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset TCR series: 2020=3.4 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #74 safest of 93 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in New Jersey.

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset (255 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset
Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset (255 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Akorn Operating Company, LLC Somerset has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2021 2.8 1.2 5 2 0
2020 3.4 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · NJ · Somerset

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing 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 Tec Labs Building 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 131 Chambersbrook Road 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LNK - 22 Arkay 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Health Formulations, Inc. 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soho Studio Corp, LLC 255 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shop Rite 255 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoprite of Paramus 255 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10602 Metuchen 255 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 Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc. - Richmond 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4813-48130009-Freeman Expo Lanham 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn & Suites - Grand Rapids 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal Seal Precision, Ltd - Plant 1 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Turnaround Welding Services 255 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Life Services - Apollo 255 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hudson Valley 255 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primary Poultry-California MO Plant 255 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.