General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

American Comb Corp

Paterson, NJ · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Comb Corp runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

American Comb Corp: 2.4 TCR = 107% of General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Comb Corp safety composite

American Comb Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−4.9

2021→2024

American Comb Corp injury rate improved

American Comb Corp's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424990 · Paterson, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 107% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/17
  • PHOTO Larson-Juhl CHI
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Larson-Juhl CHI (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Comb Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Comb Corp averages 2.4 TCR (107% of the General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

American Comb Corp TCR series: 2021=4.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where American Comb Corp falls in its industry

301 General merchandise, nondurabl establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 17 General merchandise, nondurabl employers in New Jersey.

American Comb Corp (27 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate American Comb Corp
American Comb Corp (27 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.4

American Comb Corp has fewer employees than the General merchandise, nondurable goods, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424990 · NJ · Paterson

301 General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 76 employers in Paterson, 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 Larson-Juhl CHI 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SunPet - Fish Mart 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPFM-West Ave. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Supply Source Enterprises-Guilford, CT 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. - CHATSWORTH RECEIVING 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concentric Group LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pact Two, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Bridges-NYST 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6164-PATERSON 4,413 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph's Health & Med Center 4,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preakness Healthcare Center 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR J&K Ingredients LLC 323 FTE
NAT-TCR ProVia Booneville Facility 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnie's Bakery 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ponca Iron & Metal, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Intrex Aerospace 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sika Santa Fe Springs 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE E&E Foods, Inc. dba Yakutat Seafoods 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gage Consulting LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kimberly Nurseries LLC 27 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. 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.