MEAT PROCESSING · New Jersey

Al John Inc

West Caldwell, NJ · ~374 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Al John Inc runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical MEAT PROCESSING workplace, earning a grade F.

Al John Inc: 8.9 TCR = 271% of MEAT PROCESSING BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Al John Inc safety composite

Al John Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.5

2019→2024

Al John Inc injury rate improved

Al John Inc's TCR fell 1.5 from 10.4 in 2019 to 8.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.4 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · West Caldwell, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 271% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO Rocky Mountain Natur…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 180 inj
  • SIZE ~374 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rocky Mountain Natural Meats LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Al John Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Al John Inc averages 8.9 TCR (271% of the MEAT PROCESSING BLS benchmark).

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

Al John Inc TCR series: 2019=10.4 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Al John Inc falls in its industry

613 MEAT PROCESSING establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 MEAT PROCESSING employers in New Jersey.

Al John Inc (374 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Al John Inc
Al John Inc (374 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Al John Inc has more employees than the MEAT PROCESSING median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 8.9 5.8 28 9 0
2023 8.7 6.2 27 11 0
2022 5.8 5.3 25 0 0
2021 9.2 8.1 31 4 0
2020 10.8 9.7 38 2 0
2019 10.4 9.3 31 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · NJ · West Caldwell

613 MEAT PROCESSING employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 25 employers in West Caldwell, 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 Rocky Mountain Natural Meats LLC 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Werner Gourmet Meat Snacks Inc. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leonard Facility 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vanguard Foods 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kenilworth 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunbasket - NJ 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shop Rite of Union 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3469 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vitaquest International, Inc. 594 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ.WESTC.3 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Caldwell 310 FTE
CITY-NEAR 147ClintonRoadWC 288 FTE
NAT-TCR Pro Max Fence Systems 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Highway Safety Devices 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Calkins Electric Construction CO INC 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Current River Nursing Center 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bradford Regional Medical Center 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Central College 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christ the King Manor Inc. 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE IBT, Inc. 374 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. 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.