Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · New Jersey

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ

Somerville, NJ · ~109 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ safety composite

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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)
C 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−1.7

2016→2017

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ injury rate improved

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Somerville, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK P64
  • PHOTO Fogelsville EPS Plant
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fogelsville EPS Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ (109 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ
Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ (109 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Dolco Packaging - Somerville NJ has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2017 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · NJ · Somerville

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 19 employers in Somerville, 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 Fogelsville EPS Plant 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Styrotech, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas Molded Products a division of Atlas Roofing Corporation 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3A Composites USA, Inc. Glasgow 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riverview Paving, Inc. 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dayton Container 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE 131 Chambersbrook Road 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE QuVa Pharma Bloomsbury 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ethicon Somerville 2,125 FTE
CITY-NEAR RWJ University Hospital Somerset 2,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ethicon US Somerville 710 FTE
CITY-NEAR #470 Branchburg Shoprite 238 FTE
NAT-TCR 5029 St. Joseph Hospital 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Timber Blinds LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Isle Health and Rehabilitation Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wall Street 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Ind 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverview Manor Health Care Center 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100500 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avante at Concord 109 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: 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.