Petroleum refineries · New Jersey

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery

Name: Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Paulsboro, NJ · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade C.

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery: 3.3 TCR = 100% of Petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery safety composite

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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).

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery: 1.9 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2017

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery's TCR rose 2.8 from 1.9 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Paulsboro, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 100% of ind

DART 4.7 DART
RANK #5/5
PHOTO Allied AEC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Allied AEC (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
Allied AEC

3.3
United Refinin

3.2
PSI Valdez Ref

3.1
Heath Oil

3.1

What this shows Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery averages 3.3 TCR (100% of the Petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery falls in its industry

198 Petroleum refineries establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Petroleum refineries employers in New Jersey.

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery (91 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Axeon Specialty Products - Paulsboro Refinery has fewer employees than the Petroleum refineries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.5. 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
2017	4.7	4.7	2	0	0
2016	1.9	1.9	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · NJ · Paulsboro

198 Petroleum refineries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 26 employers in Paulsboro, 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	Allied AEC	BIRMINGHAM, AL	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	United Refining Company	WARREN, PA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PSI Valdez Refinery	VALDEZ, AK	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heath Oil	HARRISVILLE, PA	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Linde-Griffith Construction Co.	NEWARK	91 FTE
STATE-SIZE	IMS Pet Industries	WOOD RIDGE	91 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Guardian Drug Co., Inc.	DAYTON	91 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kenvil Plant	KENVIL	91 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PA Sort Center (Paulsboro)	Paulsboro	1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Paulsboro Refining Company	Paulsboro	384 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McGrory Glass, Inc.	Paulsboro	153 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Paulsboro Lubricants Plant	Paulsboro	139 FTE
NAT-TCR	3344 Family Fresh Market (Hudson Wi)	Hudson, WI	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Quikrete - SGF	Springfield, MO	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Decatur (Aldec)	Decatur, AL	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plainville Community Schools Linden Street Elementary	Plainville, CT	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Legends - Veterans at Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach, VA	91 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GS500 - GSU - Sacramento	Sacramento, CA	91 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Power Services : Erlanger, KY, USA	Erlanger, KY	91 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jefferson City (Mojef)	Jefferson City, MO	91 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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