Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · New Jersey
Fortune Plastic & Metal
Jersey City, NJ · ~49 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fortune Plastic & Metal runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Fortune Plastic & Metal: 1.9 TCR = 86% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fortune Plastic & Metal safety composite
Fortune Plastic & Metal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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
−2.9
2017→2022
Fortune Plastic & Metal injury rate improved
Fortune Plastic & Metal's TCR fell 2.9 from 5.0 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423930 · Jersey City, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 86% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #8/28
- PHOTO Western Metals Recyc…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~49 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Western Metals Recycling - Plymouth (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fortune Plastic & Metal in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Fortune Plastic & Metal
1.9 TCR
- Western Metals
Western Metals Recycling - Plymouth
1.9 TCR
- Southern Recyc
Southern Recycling LLC Pensacola
1.9 TCR
- Aim Recycling
Aim Recycling - Athens
1.9 TCR
- Plasticycle
Plasticycle
1.9 TCR
What this shows Fortune Plastic & Metal averages 1.9 TCR (86% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Fortune Plastic & Metal TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2 · BLS 2.2
Where Fortune Plastic & Metal falls in its industry
1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishmentsSafer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in New Jersey.
Fortune Plastic & Metal has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423930 · NJ · Jersey City
1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 167 employers in Jersey City, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.