Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · New Jersey

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC

Middlesex, NJ · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC safety composite

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.4

2016→2023

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC injury rate improved

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC's TCR fell 7.4 from 7.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Middlesex, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/19
  • PHOTO Charlotte Paper
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charlotte Paper (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 19 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in New Jersey.

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC (26 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC
Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC (26 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Covalence Specialty Adhesives, LLC has fewer employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 10.9 7.2 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.1 3.6 2 0 0
2016 7.4 3.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · NJ · Middlesex

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 25 employers in Middlesex, 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 Charlotte Paper 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro Tapes & Specialties, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR UPM Raflatac Mills River 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coveris Hazleton 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Diversified Group, Inc. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kiely Pipeline Integrity 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rockborn Trucking & Excavation, Inc 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Marine Co.DE, LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Impax Laboratories Inc. Middlesex 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAMCO inc. 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DNK7 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schifano Construction Corp. 88 FTE
NAT-TCR Aerocom Systems, LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Burris Logistics - Federalsburg 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BOE - Early Childhood 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR WSI - Woodruff 091 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SNL Distribution Services Corp-Lenexa 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Hooker Company Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Speedco 935 Laredo, TX 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE AIG Florida 26 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.