Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing · New Jersey

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ

Wood-Ridge, NJ · ~300 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ: 0.9 TCR = 28% of Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ safety composite

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ held a steady TCR band

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Wood-Ridge, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK P93
  • PHOTO Morgan Advanced Mate…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~300 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morgan Advanced Materials - Certech (0.0 TCR gap)

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Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ averages 0.9 TCR (28% of the Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ falls in its industry

307 Clay refractories (e.g., morta establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ (300 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ
Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ (300 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ has more employees than the Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, median and a lower 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 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2017 1.8 0.6 6 0 0
2016 0.4 0.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · NJ · Wood-Ridge

307 Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 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 Morgan Advanced Materials - Certech 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc Strongsville 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HarbisonWalker International Vandalia 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dal-Tile Corporation 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Petillo Incorporated 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry Ingredients 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE IKEA #154 Elizabeth 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoprite of Englewood 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Certech Inc. - Wood-Ridge, NJ 223 FTE
NAT-TCR Rome Service Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Schilli Corp 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Buckeye Resources Inc 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Longhorn Plant 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE USDA/ARS/WRRC 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westwood Hills Nursing & Rehab 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE University Mechanical and Engineering Contractors Inc. AZ 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andrew Electric Co., Inc. 300 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.

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