Elementary and secondary schools · New Jersey

Ben Franklin School

Lawrenceville, NJ · ~79 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ben Franklin School runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Ben Franklin School: 2.6 TCR = 188% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben Franklin School safety composite

Ben Franklin School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−2.0

2017→2024

Ben Franklin School injury rate improved

Ben Franklin School's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=11.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Lawrenceville, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.6 · 188% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/35
  • PHOTO Austin Public School…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Public Schools ISD#492-High School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ben Franklin School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ben Franklin School averages 2.6 TCR (188% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Ben Franklin School TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=11.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Ben Franklin School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 67% 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 #15 safest of 35 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in New Jersey.

Ben Franklin School (79 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ben Franklin School
Ben Franklin School (79 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ben Franklin School has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.5 1.8 1 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 11.2 3.7 6 0 0
2017 2.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · NJ · Lawrenceville

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 57 employers in Lawrenceville, 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 Austin Public Schools ISD#492-High School 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Highview Middle School 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royalton Public Schools 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ivy Acres - NJ 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Jersey Warehouse 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeSesa Engineering Company, Inc 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE 1,069 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Lawrenceville School 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Operator LLC 462 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center 425 FTE
NAT-TCR London Bay Homes 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City Point Fire Protection, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NOW Foods - Bloomingdale 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR M.W. Morss Roofing, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Garden Plaza of Valley View 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE 011 - Westlake Elementary 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE 009 - Robey Elementary 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Younger Brothers Plumbing LLC 79 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.