Light rail systems (except mixed mode), commuter · New Jersey

Hudson Bergen Light Rail

Jersey City, NJ · ~198 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hudson Bergen Light Rail runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Light rail systems (except mixed mode), commuter workplace, earning a grade A.

Hudson Bergen Light Rail: 0.8 TCR = 18% of Light rail systems (except mixed mode), commuter BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hudson Bergen Light Rail safety composite

Hudson Bergen Light Rail scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−0.5

2016→2023

Hudson Bergen Light Rail injury rate improved

Hudson Bergen Light Rail's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.0 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485119 · Jersey City, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P96
  • PHOTO 455 - Reliant, Queen…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~198 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 455 - Reliant, Queens, Ny (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hudson Bergen Light Rail in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hudson Bergen Light Rail averages 0.8 TCR (18% of the Light rail systems (except mixed mode), commuter BLS benchmark).

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

Hudson Bergen Light Rail TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Hudson Bergen Light Rail falls in its industry

179 Light rail systems (except mix establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Hudson Bergen Light Rail (198 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Hudson Bergen Light Rail
Hudson Bergen Light Rail (198 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Hudson Bergen Light Rail has more employees than the Light rail systems (except mixed mode), 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
2023 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
2016 1.0 1.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485119 · NJ · Jersey City

179 Light rail systems (except mixed mode), commuter 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 Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 455 - Reliant, Queens, Ny 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 248 - Loudon County, Va 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 027 - Denver, Co 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 022 Union City Ca 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fromkin Brothers, Inc. 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridor 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shionogi Inc. 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE MICRO B140 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kuehne + Nagel Inc CL 3,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jersey City Medical Center 2,710 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kuehne + Nagel Inc SAL 2,649 FTE
CITY-NEAR 333869-NEW JERSEY NDC 2,118 FTE
NAT-TCR Bemrich Electric and Telephone, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Arthrex, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tomar Electronics Inc 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NYC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hancock & Moore Plant 1 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xquisite Landscaping Inc. 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Champion Pet Foods 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE 00-Northern Distribution Center 198 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.