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

Akorn Somerset

Somerset, NJ · ~275 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Akorn Somerset runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Akorn Somerset: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akorn Somerset safety composite

Akorn Somerset scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

Akorn Somerset held a steady TCR band

Akorn Somerset's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.4 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2020=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #39/93
  • PHOTO Herbert Annex
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Herbert Annex (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akorn Somerset in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akorn Somerset averages 1.4 TCR (42% 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 Somerset TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Akorn Somerset falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #39 safest of 93 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in New Jersey.

Akorn Somerset (275 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Somerset
Akorn Somerset (275 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Akorn Somerset has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower 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
2020 1.4 0.9 3 0 0
2019 1.4 0.7 4 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 Herbert Annex 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Biomed Laboratories, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Ritedose Corporation 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Interstate Drywall Corp. 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sloan & Company, Inc 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anheuser-Busch Newark Brewery 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belle Mead 275 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 Fork Lifts of Toledo 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Detwiler's Home Office & Distribution Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Energy Center Pittsburgh, LLC - North Shore 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sylvester Plant 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unity Point Health Trinity Muscatine 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meijer 210 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prinova USA, LLC 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCL Container Hermitage 275 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.