Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · New Jersey

Elizabeth Novolex Plant

Elizabeth, NJ · ~228 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elizabeth Novolex Plant runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Elizabeth Novolex Plant: 3.3 TCR = 100% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elizabeth Novolex Plant safety composite

Elizabeth Novolex Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Elizabeth Novolex Plant: 2.6 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2024

Elizabeth Novolex Plant's TCR rose 1.6 from 2.6 in 2021 to 4.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Elizabeth, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 100% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #11/19
  • PHOTO Bancroft Bag
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bancroft Bag (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elizabeth Novolex Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elizabeth Novolex Plant averages 3.3 TCR (100% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Elizabeth Novolex Plant TCR series: 2021=2.6 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Elizabeth Novolex Plant falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 19 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in New Jersey.

Elizabeth Novolex Plant (228 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elizabeth Novolex Plant
Elizabeth Novolex Plant (228 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Elizabeth Novolex Plant has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 4.2 4.2 10 0 0
2023 2.7 1.9 7 0 0
2022 3.7 3.7 10 0 0
2021 2.6 1.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · NJ · Elizabeth

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 145 employers in Elizabeth, 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 Bancroft Bag 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nekoosa Coated Products 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marysville 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arclin - Hayward 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Accupac 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE 140 Belmont Ave. 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2576-90770000-9077 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc. Br1 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DEW2 2,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinitas Regional Medical Center 2,376 FTE
CITY-NEAR APM Terminals 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maher Berth 64 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Gowanus Houses 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1742 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR AAW - South Windsor 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wide Open Utility Services 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CS Maiden 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tower Automotive 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grande Communications Networks, LLC-San Marcos 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DLR2 228 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. 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.