Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing · New Jersey

Hydromer, Inc.

Name: Hydromer, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Branchburg, NJ · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hydromer, Inc. runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Hydromer, Inc.: 9.8 TCR = 296% of Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hydromer, Inc. safety composite

Hydromer, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hydromer, Inc.: 0.0 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 17.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

Hydromer, Inc.'s TCR rose 9.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Branchburg, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 296% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #21/23
PHOTO Arnette Polymers, LLC
BOOK 5y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arnette Polymers, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hydromer, Inc. averages 9.8 TCR (296% of the Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hydromer, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=17.5 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=9.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Hydromer, Inc. falls in its industry

644 Resins, plastics (except custo establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 23 Resins, plastics (except custo employers in New Jersey.

Hydromer, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Hydromer, Inc. has fewer employees than the Resins, plastics (except custom compound median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2020	9.7	0.0	2	0
2019	7.2	0.0	2	0
2018	14.5	14.5	4	1
2017	17.5	17.5	2	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · NJ · Branchburg

644 Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 47 employers in Branchburg, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Arnette Polymers, LLC	RICHMOND, MO	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greystone Manufacturing	BETTENDORF, IA	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RKAA Business LLC DBA Chippewa Plastics	EVART, MI	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.	MANCHESTER, CT	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority	LAKEWOOD	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Atlantic City Sewerage Company	ATLANTIC CITY	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	B. Tait Builders, L.L.C.	PENNSAUKEN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Phoenix Diversified Group, Inc.	TOWACO	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Roche Molecular Solutions (Main)	Branchburg	1,038 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ferreira Construction Co. Inc.	Branchburg	833 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Roche Molecular Systems Branchburg Site	Branchburg	742 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lilly Branchburg	Branchburg	595 FTE
NAT-TCR	Preci Manufacturing Inc	Winooski, VT	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stanley Land & Lumber Corporation	Drakes Branch, VA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Growing Company, Inc.	Sacramento, CA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	7814 Fortune	San Antonio, TX	9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Eastern Divison Gadsden Complex	Gadsden, AL	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Yadkin	Badin, NC	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	A Cut Above Exteriors, Inc.	Portland, OR	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hope Valley Farms Ymca - Ymca of the Triangle	Durham, NC	36 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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