Solid waste combustors and incinerators · New Jersey

Covanta Essex Company

Name: Covanta Essex Company Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newark, NJ · ~87 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Covanta Essex Company runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Solid waste combustors and incinerators workplace, earning a grade A.

Covanta Essex Company: 1.2 TCR = 45% of Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covanta Essex Company safety composite

Covanta Essex Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Covanta Essex Company held a steady TCR band

Covanta Essex Company's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.2 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.2 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Newark, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 45% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Baltimore WtE
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baltimore WtE (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Covanta Essex Company averages 1.2 TCR (45% of the Solid waste combustors and incinerators BLS benchmark).

Covanta Essex Company TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=1.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Covanta Essex Company falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors and inc establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Solid waste combustors and inc employers in New Jersey.

Covanta Essex Company (87 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Covanta Essex Company has more employees than the Solid waste combustors and incinerators median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2019	1.2	1.2	1
2018	1.2	1.2	1
2017	1.2	1.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · NJ · Newark

74 Solid waste combustors and incinerators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, 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	Baltimore WtE	BALTIMORE, MD	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wheelabrator Westchester, L.P.	PEEKSKILL, NY	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covanta Babylon, Inc.	WEST BABYLON, NY	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC	MIAMI, FL	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	590 - Philadelphia	PENNSAUKEN	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Victoria Fine Foods	PARSIPPANY	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Frenchtown RTS	FRENCHTOWN	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chroma Color Corporation - LAM	LAMBERTVILLE	87 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EWR EWR	Newark	13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices	Newark	13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6925-EWR	Newark	11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER	Newark	4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ridge Family Center For Learning	Elk Grove Village, IL	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC	Winston Salem, NC	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	LANXESS Solutions US Inc.	Gastonia, NC	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	PreferredOne Administrative Services	Golden Valley, MN	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SLP Lighting Center	Sullivan, MO	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Houston West Energy Corridor	Houston, TX	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Customer Response Center	St. Louis, MO	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hunter Truck Sales & Service Inc. - Butler	Butler, PA	87 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: 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.