Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing · New Jersey

B&G Newark Factory

Newark, NJ · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B&G Newark Factory runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

B&G Newark Factory: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B&G Newark Factory safety composite

B&G Newark Factory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Rising injury rate

B&G Newark Factory: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

B&G Newark Factory's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Newark, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/44
  • PHOTO Mannington - Madison…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mannington - Madison LVT (0.0 TCR gap)

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B&G Newark Factory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B&G Newark Factory averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

B&G Newark Factory TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where B&G Newark Factory falls in its industry

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 44 Packaging, plastics (e.g., bli employers in New Jersey.

B&G Newark Factory (38 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate B&G Newark Factory
B&G Newark Factory (38 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

B&G Newark Factory has fewer employees than the Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubb median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NJ · Newark

2,838 Packaging, plastics (e.g., blister, bubble), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, 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 Mannington - Madison LVT 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BERRYMONR 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR EASYPAK - KALAMAZOO 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAMKO - Lamar 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Jersey Gas-Waterford 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE JSH & Sons, LLC 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE NJN 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paulsboro Refining Company 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR EWR 13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices 13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-EWR 11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER 4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR 1830 Miller Parkway Streetsboro Ohio 44241 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Distribution - San Antonio TX 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Office Remedies Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The J.M. Smucker Company - Uncrustables 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Linde - Hartford 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE ALL 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dynamic Utility Solutions Lombard 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3495-11DA204 38 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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