Plumbing and heating contractors · New Jersey

Argent Contracting Co., inc.

Name: Argent Contracting Co., inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chatham, NJ · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Argent Contracting Co., inc. runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Argent Contracting Co., inc.: 6.8 TCR = 243% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Argent Contracting Co., inc. safety composite

Argent Contracting Co., inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Argent Contracting Co., inc.: 4.0 → 9.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2023

Argent Contracting Co., inc.'s TCR rose 5.6 from 4.0 in 2022 to 9.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Chatham, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 243% of ind

DART 9.6 DART
RANK #63/84
PHOTO Bradbury Brothers, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bradbury Brothers, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Argent Contracting Co., inc. averages 6.8 TCR (243% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

Argent Contracting Co., inc. TCR series: 2022=4 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Argent Contracting Co., inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 84 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in New Jersey.

Argent Contracting Co., inc. (23 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Argent Contracting Co., inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023	9.6	9.6	2	0	0
2022	4.0	4.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NJ · Chatham

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 13 employers in Chatham, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bradbury Brothers, LLC	MAGNOLIA, TX	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	B&G	MILFORD, CT	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sure-Fire, Inc.	HORICON, WI	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Davis Construction Plumbing, Inc	ACTON, CA	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NAES : Newark Energy Center	NEWARK	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newark Energy Center	NEWARK	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coli Construction, Inc.	MAHWAH	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Skyline Solar Hamilton, NJ Office	HAMILTON	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chatham Hills Subacute Care Center	Chatham	179 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Shop Rite of Chatham	Chatham	178 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chatham	Chatham	82 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5472-NAI-0034-0034-03615	Chatham	57 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sure-Fire, Inc.	Horicon, WI	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	First Source Worldwide, LLC	Milwaukee, WI	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ihop 5447	Muncie, IN	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 100597	Poughkeepsie, NY	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong Crane and Rigging Corp.	New Brighton, MN	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pacific Ridge Apartments	San Diego, CA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Neabsco Maintenance Facility	Woodbridge, VA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wellington Operations Center	Manassas, VA	23 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: 2023, 2022. 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.