Audio equipment installation (except automotive) contractors · New Jersey

Cranford

Cranford, NJ · ~126 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cranford runs at 545% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Audio equipment installation (except automotive) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Cranford: 15.3 TCR = 545% of Audio equipment installation (except automotive) contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cranford safety composite

Cranford scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.1

2016→2024

Cranford injury rate improved

Cranford's TCR fell 9.1 from 13.6 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 41.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.6 · 2017=8.8 · 2019=20.9 · 2020=41.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Cranford, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.3 · 545% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #103/103
  • PHOTO BRANCH - VT - Vermont
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 93 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRANCH - VT - Vermont (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cranford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cranford averages 15.3 TCR (545% of the Audio equipment installation (except automotive) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Cranford TCR series: 2016=13.6 · 2017=8.8 · 2019=20.9 · 2020=41.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Cranford falls in its industry

4,550 Audio equipment installation ( establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #103 safest of 103 Audio equipment installation ( employers in New Jersey.

Cranford (126 employees, TCR 15.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cranford
Cranford (126 employees, TCR 15.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cranford has more employees than the Audio equipment installation (except aut median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 10.2 6.1 10 0 0
2022 10.7 6.8 11 0 0
2021 11.7 8.5 11 0 0
2020 41.7 36.6 12 29 0
2019 20.9 14.3 22 0 0
2017 8.8 7.0 10 0 0
2016 13.6 7.7 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · NJ · Cranford

4,550 Audio equipment installation (except automotive) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 29 employers in Cranford, 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 BRANCH - VT - Vermont 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Audeamus Sacramento 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electrical Contractor 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1095 East 45th St 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Component Assembly Systems New Jersey 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE RRSC Middlesex 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arctic Air Conditioning 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phillips 66 Bayway Linden NJ 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weeks Marine 1,493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dredging 1,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR New York Metro 1,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weeks Marine - Dredging 1,014 FTE
NAT-TCR Nynwr - Stewart Air Gateway 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Reno 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Preston of the Park Cities 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TXM002 15.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bancroft Construction Company 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sturdy Corporation 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ursa Group 126 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.