Homefurnishings stores · New Jersey

HG028

Watchung, NJ · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HG028 runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Homefurnishings stores workplace, earning a grade F.

HG028: 7.3 TCR = 214% of Homefurnishings stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HG028 safety composite

HG028 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−2.8

2019→2020

HG028 injury rate improved

HG028's TCR fell 2.8 from 8.7 in 2019 to 5.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.7 · 2020=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442299 · Watchung, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 214% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #75/127
  • PHOTO HG270
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HG270 (0.0 TCR gap)

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HG028 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HG028 averages 7.3 TCR (214% of the Homefurnishings stores BLS benchmark).

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

HG028 TCR series: 2019=8.7 · 2020=5.9 · BLS 3.4

Where HG028 falls in its industry

2,162 Homefurnishings stores establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #75 safest of 127 Homefurnishings stores employers in New Jersey.

HG028 (51 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HG028
HG028 (51 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2

HG028 has more employees than the Homefurnishings stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2020 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2019 8.7 8.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442299 · NJ · Watchung

2,162 Homefurnishings stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 21 employers in Watchung, 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 HG270 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cost Plus World Market NAPA 6240 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HG440 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gold Medal Service East 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAdata, LLC. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dennisville Fence 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herr Foods - 069 Oakland NJ 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5111 259 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1155 - Watchung 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shop Rite of Watchung 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0906 WATCHUNG 135 FTE
NAT-TCR Monaco Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 084726-New Haven Po 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1873 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1343 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Appling County Pellets, LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acoustical Solutions 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Pallet, Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Industries- Columbus 51 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: 2020, 2019. 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.