Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers · New Jersey

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central

Somerset, NJ · ~151 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central runs at 305% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers workplace, earning a grade F.

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central: 8.5 TCR = 305% of Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central safety composite

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central: 3.7 → 13.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.42× in 2024

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central's TCR rose 9.7 from 3.7 in 2021 to 13.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 305% of ind

  • DART 12.1 DART
  • RANK #95/103
  • PHOTO ECC:EC03E - EC03E- F…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ECC:EC03E - EC03E- Fayetteville, AR-0300 (0.0 TCR gap)

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BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central averages 8.5 TCR (305% of the Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers BLS benchmark).

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

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central TCR series: 2021=3.7 · 2024=13.4 · BLS 2.8

Where BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central falls in its industry

4,550 Photovoltaic solar energy gene establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 103 Photovoltaic solar energy gene employers in New Jersey.

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central (151 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central
BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central (151 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

BRANCH - NJ - New Jersey Central has more employees than the Photovoltaic solar energy generation sys median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 13.4 12.1 20 1 0
2021 3.7 3.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · NJ · Somerset

4,550 Photovoltaic solar energy generation systems and battery energy storage products,primarily for residential customers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 134 employers in Somerset, 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 ECC:EC03E - EC03E- Fayetteville, AR-0300 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PTI:PT527 - PT527-York, PA Core 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parkin Electric inc 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SQUIRES ELECTRIC, INC 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Barry Callebaut US - PennChoc 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Foodsource 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barrington NJ 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE JERSEY CITY NJ 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catalent 4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9 2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIM Brands 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 642 FTE
NAT-TCR The Canada company,LLC 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Portage Physician Practices Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR EnerStar Electric Cooperative 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of Jefferson Hills 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Platinum Crush LLC 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huhtamaki Folding Carton 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acme Manufacturing Company, Inc. 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE EMCom Inc. 151 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.