Periodicals merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center

Monroe Township, NJ · ~1,171 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Periodicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center: 3.5 TCR = 157% of Periodicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center safety composite

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.4

2016→2019

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center injury rate improved

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center's TCR fell 1.4 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2019=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Monroe Township, NJ ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 157% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Baker & Taylor Momence
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 71 inj
  • SIZE ~1,171 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baker & Taylor Momence (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barnes and Noble Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barnes and Noble Distribution Center averages 3.5 TCR (157% of the Periodicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2019=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Barnes and Noble Distribution Center falls in its industry

57 Periodicals merchant wholesale establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Periodicals merchant wholesale employers in New Jersey.

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center (1,171 employees, TCR 3.5) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Barnes and Noble Distribution Center
Barnes and Noble Distribution Center (1,171 employees, TCR 3.5) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Barnes and Noble Distribution Center has more employees than the Periodicals merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 2.8 1.8 26 0 0
2016 4.2 4.0 45 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · NJ · Monroe Township

57 Periodicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 49 employers in Monroe Township, 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 Baker & Taylor Momence 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ogden Distribution Center 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ReaderLink Southern Distribution Center 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nebraska Book Company 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bed Bath and Beyond Port Reading 1,170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pritchard Industries, LLC. - NJ 1,173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Integra Lifesciences corporate headquarters 1,175 FTE
STATE-SIZE F&S Fresh Foods 1,166 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJSBR - CRANBURY 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3208 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0196 - CWI PACKAGING - NJ 427 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0175 - MONROE TOWNSHIP NJ (DRY) DEPOT 413 FTE
NAT-TCR Terranetti's 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Flip the Script 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tampa SDO 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Flambeau Baraboo Injection Molding 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE UHA WVU Medical Corp, d.b.a University Health Associates main campus 1,171 FTE
NAT-SIZE PH Shared Services-Administration 1,171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn Works 1,171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northeast Georgia Center Braselton 1,171 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.