Water distribution (except irrigation) · New Jersey

American Water

Short Hills, NJ · ~100 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Water runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade C.

American Water: 1.0 TCR = 83% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Water safety composite

American Water scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.0

2020→2021

American Water injury rate improved

American Water's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Short Hills, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.0 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/33
  • PHOTO Semitropic Water Sto…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Semitropic Water Storage District (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Water in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Water averages 1.0 TCR (83% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

American Water TCR series: 2020=2 · 2021=0 · BLS 1.2

Where American Water falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 33 Water distribution (except irr employers in New Jersey.

American Water (100 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Water
American Water (100 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

American Water has more employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NJ · Short Hills

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 23 employers in Short Hills, 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 Semitropic Water Storage District 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virginia American Water - Alexandria District 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LPSCO 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milton 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 8715_20238 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wall Facility 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE 683 Route 10 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frodo baking company LLC 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Short Hills 429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Short Hills 015 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR 72006 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR 71015 184 FTE
NAT-TCR Paragon Films Inc. Washington 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vertiv Services Inc - Thermal - East Region 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Metal Stampings, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Watson Commercial Painting, Ltd. 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MAHS ( Detroit Origin Dis. Ctr. ) 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mahaska Bottling 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Union Electric Steel - Valparaiso Plant 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Spencer Turbine Company 100 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.