Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing · New Jersey

Cozzoli Machine Company

Somerset, NJ · ~55 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cozzoli Machine Company runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cozzoli Machine Company: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cozzoli Machine Company safety composite

Cozzoli Machine Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cozzoli Machine Company: 1.8 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 11.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2023

Cozzoli Machine Company's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Hamer-Fischbein
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hamer-Fischbein (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cozzoli Machine Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cozzoli Machine Company averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cozzoli Machine Company TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=4 · 2019=11.2 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Cozzoli Machine Company falls in its industry

269 Bottling machinery (e.g., capp establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Bottling machinery (e.g., capp employers in New Jersey.

Cozzoli Machine Company (55 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Cozzoli Machine Company
Cozzoli Machine Company (55 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Cozzoli Machine Company has fewer employees than the Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filli 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 3.7 1.9 1 1 0
2019 11.2 4.5 3 2 0
2017 4.0 0.0 2 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · NJ · Somerset

269 Bottling machinery (e.g., capping, filling, labeling, sterilizing, washing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 134 employers in Somerset, 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 Hamer-Fischbein 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heat Seal, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ideal-Pak Incorporated 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mechadyne Machine, Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Jersey American Water-Farmingdale 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moorestown,NJ 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Post Acute Care Pharmacy INT 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catalent 4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9 2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIM Brands 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 642 FTE
NAT-TCR Northern Design Precast 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR WVA Manufacturing, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #785 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Maple Park, IL 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE R.R. Brink Locking Systems, Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5404 Myrtle Corp 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Industries 55 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, 2019, 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.