Central-mixed concrete manufacturing · New Jersey

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant

Name: Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Howell, NJ · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant runs at 349% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Central-mixed concrete manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant: 11.5 TCR = 349% of Central-mixed concrete manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant safety composite

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers
DART rate: F 16.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant: 6.6 → 16.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.42× in 2018

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant's TCR rose 9.8 from 6.6 in 2016 to 16.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327320 · Howell, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 349% of ind

DART 16.4 DART
RANK #40/43
PHOTO New River Ready Mix
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New River Ready Mix (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.6
This site

11.5
New River Read

11.5
Ernst Concrete

11.5
Sil-Kemp, Inc

11.4

What this shows Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant averages 11.5 TCR (349% of the Central-mixed concrete manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2018=16.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant falls in its industry

1,316 Central-mixed concrete manufac establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 43 Central-mixed concrete manufac employers in New Jersey.

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant (21 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Howell Plant has fewer employees than the Central-mixed concrete manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2018	16.4	16.4	3	0	0
2016	6.6	6.6	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327320 · NJ · Howell

1,316 Central-mixed concrete manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 31 employers in Howell, 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	New River Ready Mix	PEORIA, AZ	11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ernst Concrete Columbus Plant 2	COLUMBUS, OH	11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gateway RMC	LACKAWANNA, NY	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sil-Kemp, Inc	MILLSTONE TWP, NJ	11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NAES : OM - Eagle Point	WESTVILLE	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C.N. Renovation Co. Inc. DBA CNR Group	PASSAIC	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Versatile Services LLC	ENGLEWOOD	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	102152 - Bayonne Misc Job	BAYONNE	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2195	Howell	346 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2195	Howell	310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	#631 Howell Shoprite	Howell	272 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1823 - Howell Township	Howell	196 FTE
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4555 North Highlands	North Highlands, CA	11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Superior Traffic Control, LLC. Hixson	Hixson, TN	11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Patio Pools and Spas	Tucson, AZ	11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hidden Valley Golf and Ski, Inc.	Wildwood, MO	11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Beavercreek Residence Inn	Beavercreek, OH	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NY.EASTS.1 - Ricoh Usa, Inc.	East Syracuse, NY	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ngl Water Solutions, LLC-C3 Lasalle	Lasalle, CO	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VTI	Trumbauesrville, PA	21 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: 2018, 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.