Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ

South Plainfield, NJ · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ: 4.0 TCR = 183% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ safety composite

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2018

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ injury rate improved

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ's TCR fell 2.6 from 7.3 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · South Plainfield, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 183% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #14/22
  • PHOTO O'Neal Steel LLC_Bir…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: O'Neal Steel LLC_Birmingham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ averages 4.0 TCR (183% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 22 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in New Jersey.

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ (48 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ
Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ (48 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ has more employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.3 5.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NJ · South Plainfield

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 112 employers in South Plainfield, 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 O'Neal Steel LLC_Birmingham 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gonzales 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oregon Feralloy Partners, Loc'n 335 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CBS - Acworth 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CUMBERLAND 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aqua NJ 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.R. Prisco, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hall Construction Co., Inc. 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSE&G NJ Projects & Construction 1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSE&G NJ - DELIVERY PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION (DP&C) 868 FTE
CITY-NEAR Accurate Diagnostic Lab 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR G&W Laboratories, Inc. 363 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3064 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vernon (Txver) 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-ASM-DC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Legends - KC Starlight Theatre 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moen of Pennsylvania 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE MS - MCAS Yuma, AZ - 1YUAZ 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomasville Center (Altom) 48 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, 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.