Handcuffs manufacturing · New Jersey

American Van Equipment

Lakewood, NJ · ~131 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Van Equipment runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Handcuffs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

American Van Equipment: 5.4 TCR = 165% of Handcuffs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Van Equipment safety composite

American Van Equipment scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−2.5

2016→2019

American Van Equipment injury rate improved

American Van Equipment's TCR fell 2.5 from 8.3 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Lakewood, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #6/12
  • PHOTO Middle Atlantic Prod…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Middle Atlantic Products-Fairfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Van Equipment in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Van Equipment averages 5.4 TCR (165% of the Handcuffs manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American Van Equipment TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where American Van Equipment falls in its industry

827 Handcuffs manufacturing establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Handcuffs manufacturing employers in New Jersey.

American Van Equipment (131 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate American Van Equipment
American Van Equipment (131 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

American Van Equipment has more employees than the Handcuffs manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019 5.8 1.6 7 0 0
2018 3.2 1.9 5 0 0
2017 4.5 3.7 6 0 0
2016 8.3 6.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · NJ · Lakewood

827 Handcuffs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 94 employers in Lakewood, 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 Middle Atlantic Products-Fairfield 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Star Machine Co., Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CGI Automated Manufacturing 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Metalwares 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -NJ 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elite Glass Installation 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE SM Electric 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zimmer Biomet - Fair Lawn 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ-04 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tender Touch Rehab Services 2,997 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Campus 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renaissane Lakewood LLC 598 FTE
NAT-TCR JR Simplot Company-SGS Halsey 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary T. Murphy Elementary School 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Delicato Distribution Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bell Trace Health & Living Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 113 - Darboy 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE 153 - Paducah 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE 156 - Newport News 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE 245 - Eau Claire 131 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.