Explosives manufacturing · New Jersey

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc.

Name: Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Fairfield, NJ · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. safety composite

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.4

2017→2021

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. injury rate improved

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.4 from 5.0 in 2017 to 2.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2021=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Fairfield, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK P32
PHOTO Austin Powder Appala…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Powder Appalachia LLC - Norton (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
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3.2
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3.2
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3.1
Tech Ord

3.1

What this shows Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. (39 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021	2.6	2.6	1
2019	2.5	0.0	1
2018	2.8	2.8	1
2017	5.0	5.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · NJ · Fairfield

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 88 employers in Fairfield, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Austin Powder Appalachia LLC - Norton	WISE, VA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Daicel Safety Systems Americas INC (Gas Generant Division)	BEAVER DAM, KY	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cartridge Actuated Devices - Byram	ANDOVER, NJ	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tech Ord	CLEAR LAKE, SD	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Oishii Farm Corporation	KEARNY	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CLF-Stable, LLC	OLDWICK	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	South Jersey Gas-Cape May	SWAINTO	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New Jersey American Water- Delran Production	DELRAN	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Middle Atlantic Products-Fairfield	Fairfield	495 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Legrand AV Inc.	Fairfield	345 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1175 - Fairfield	Fairfield	287 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Weiss-Aug Surgical Products	Fairfield	241 FTE
NAT-TCR	4765-LAXPIPAX0	Los Angeles, CA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chesterfield, MI	New Baltimore, MI	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Entergy Blytheville	Blytheville, AR	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plano SNF Operations, LLC	Plano, TX	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JA Tree Services	Fort Worth, TX	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2301 Loyola University	Chicago, IL	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4765-HSVCX0UPS	Huntsville, AL	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	USA Kahului 865 W Mokuea Pl	Kahului, HI	39 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: 2021, 2019, 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.