Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · New Jersey

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive

Piscataway, NJ · ~1,042 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade A.

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive: 0.2 TCR = 32% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive safety composite

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive held a steady TCR band

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.2 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Piscataway, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO ExxonMobil Upstream …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~1,042 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company - Spring (0.0 TCR gap)

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Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive averages 0.2 TCR (32% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.1 · BLS 0.5

Where Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Chemical research and developm employers in New Jersey.

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive (1,042 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive
Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive (1,042 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive has more employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2019 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2018 0.2 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
2016 0.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NJ · Piscataway

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 124 employers in Piscataway, 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 ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company - Spring 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caterpillar Technical Center 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemtool, Inc., CTC 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkel Corporation 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maher Berth 64 1,041 FTE
STATE-SIZE NJPRS - UPS INNOVATION CENTER 1,040 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Molecular Solutions (Main) 1,038 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Ocean Medical Center 1,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive Company 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ferraro Foods 733 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems Piscataway 718 FTE
NAT-TCR VA0045C300 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Exemplis-Cypress 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ROCKLIN Dispatch Facility 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1050 Enterprise way 100 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE McLemore Building Maintenance 1,042 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle 1,042 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kraft Heinz Oscar Mayer 1,042 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center 1,042 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: 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.