Scheduled air passenger transportation · New Jersey

EWR Newark Airport

Newark, NJ · ~433 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EWR Newark Airport runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scheduled air passenger transportation workplace, earning a grade C.

EWR Newark Airport: 4.8 TCR = 107% of Scheduled air passenger transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EWR Newark Airport safety composite

EWR Newark Airport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2024

EWR Newark Airport injury rate improved

EWR Newark Airport's TCR fell 2.6 from 6.2 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 481111 · Newark, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 107% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #12/24
  • PHOTO Spokane Base Horizon
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 109 inj
  • SIZE ~433 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spokane Base Horizon (0.0 TCR gap)

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EWR Newark Airport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EWR Newark Airport averages 4.8 TCR (107% of the Scheduled air passenger transportation BLS benchmark).

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

EWR Newark Airport TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 4.5

Where EWR Newark Airport falls in its industry

1,568 Scheduled air passenger transp establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 24 Scheduled air passenger transp employers in New Jersey.

EWR Newark Airport (433 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate EWR Newark Airport
EWR Newark Airport (433 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 6.1

EWR Newark Airport has more employees than the Scheduled air passenger transportation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2024 3.5 3.3 13 1 0
2023 4.9 4.1 19 1 0
2022 5.1 4.3 18 1 0
2021 7.7 6.5 19 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 8 0 0
2018 4.6 4.2 10 0 0
2017 4.6 4.6 9 0 0
2016 6.2 5.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

481111 · NJ · Newark

1,568 Scheduled air passenger transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, 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 Spokane Base Horizon 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6925-SJC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Ana Alaska 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4795-EA-SAV-SAVANNAH-SAV-TRML 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1886 - Jersey City 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newport Centre 174 434 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3339 434 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoprite of Manchester 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR EWR 13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices 13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-EWR 11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER 4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR Munson Home Services 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Empire Truck Sales - Slidell 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AdventHealth North Pinellas 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Region Medical, Inc 433 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloomington (BAMG) 433 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laurel Refinery 433 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washington Region 433 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, 2018, 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.