Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · New Jersey

Blue Blade Steel

Kenilworth, NJ · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Blade Steel runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Blue Blade Steel: 7.3 TCR = 221% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Blade Steel safety composite

Blue Blade Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Blue Blade Steel: 0.0 → 75.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 75.0 TCR · DART/TCR 10.27× in 2024

Blue Blade Steel's TCR rose 75.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 75.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 10.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Kenilworth, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 221% of ind

  • DART 75.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO 06 - Paulding (TD)
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 06 - Paulding (TD) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Blade Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Blade Steel averages 7.3 TCR (221% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Blade Steel TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=18.2 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=75 · BLS 3.3

Where Blue Blade Steel falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Heat treating metals and metal employers in New Jersey.

Blue Blade Steel (35 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Blade Steel
Blue Blade Steel (35 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Blue Blade Steel has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 75.0 75.0 1 29 0
2023 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2022 10.4 5.2 4 0 0
2021 18.2 18.2 7 0 0
2020 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2019 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · NJ · Kenilworth

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 21 employers in Kenilworth, 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 06 - Paulding (TD) 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR WWP 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-South Metallurgical 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunshine Minting Inc- Idaho CdA Plant 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Jersey 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mc Gowan Builders, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JMR Construction Corp 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE RR/Michels JV -MTA Reroute ESA 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kenilworth, NJ Facility 2,168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kenilworth 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0034-0034-01096 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0034-0034-01096 FAC-01096-KENILWORTH-NJ 148 FTE
NAT-TCR Wholesale Produce Supply 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fort Miller Co., Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosen Inn Universal 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR American Crane and Tractor Parts 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brown Foundation Repair LTD 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE DEN 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rehab Technologies, LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulf Coast Social Services 35 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, 2019, 2018. 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.