Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · New Jersey

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany

Whippany, NJ · ~247 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany: 1.7 TCR = 53% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany safety composite

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.98 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

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany: 1.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2022

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.0 in 2019 to 3.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Whippany, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 53% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #48/93
  • PHOTO Hanford Pharmaceutic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~247 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hanford Pharmaceuticals (0.0 TCR gap)

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Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany averages 1.7 TCR (53% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany TCR series: 2019=1 · 2020=1.2 · 2022=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 93 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in New Jersey.

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany (247 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany
Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany (247 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. d/b/a Cambrex Whippany has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 3.0 3.0 7 0 0
2020 1.2 0.8 3 0 0
2019 1.0 0.7 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · NJ · Whippany

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 28 employers in Whippany, 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 Hanford Pharmaceuticals 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Vitamin Company 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lilly Technology Center 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huvepharma, Inc St. Louis 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ray Angelini Inc. 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Catelli Brothers Inc. 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Secaucus Facility 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2381 - Paramus 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nutra-Med Packaging LLC - 118 Algonquin Parkway 750 FTE
CITY-NEAR Star-Lo Electric Inc. 328 FTE
CITY-NEAR HQ Whippany NJ 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Halo Pharmaceutical, Inc. 227 FTE
NAT-TCR 6727 Lansing 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4335 Milpitas CA Container 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinton Network 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR SOR- Houston 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE AHI-Columbus 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Plant 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation US WI Milwaukee 8000 W Tower A (5283) 247 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: 2022, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.