Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · New Jersey
IKEA #154 Elizabeth
Elizabeth, NJ · ~300 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
IKEA #154 Elizabeth runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade D.
IKEA #154 Elizabeth: 5.7 TCR = 168% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
IKEA #154 Elizabeth safety composite
IKEA #154 Elizabeth scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.75 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%).
Rising injury rate
IKEA #154 Elizabeth: 1.3 → 7.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 11.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024
IKEA #154 Elizabeth's TCR rose 5.7 from 1.3 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442110 · Elizabeth, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 168% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #47/78
- PHOTO Bellco Appliance & T…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 107 inj
- SIZE ~300 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bellco Appliance & Television Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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IKEA #154 Elizabeth in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
IKEA #154 Elizabeth
5.7 TCR
- Bellco Applian
Bellco Appliance & Television Inc.
5.7 TCR
- Ashley Furnitu
Ashley Furniture Homestore-ROMEOVILLE DC
5.7 TCR
- 4535-0282
4535-0282
5.7 TCR
- 4535-0337
4535-0337
5.7 TCR
What this shows IKEA #154 Elizabeth averages 5.7 TCR (168% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).
IKEA #154 Elizabeth TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=8 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=3 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.4
Where IKEA #154 Elizabeth falls in its industry
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 78 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in New Jersey.
IKEA #154 Elizabeth has more employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442110 · NJ · Elizabeth
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 145 employers in Elizabeth, 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 | Bellco Appliance & Television Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ashley Furniture Homestore-ROMEOVILLE DC | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4535-0282 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4535-0337 | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Petillo Incorporated | 300 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kerry Ingredients | 300 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ | 300 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shoprite of Englewood | 300 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMZL : DEW2 | 2,770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Trinitas Regional Medical Center | 2,376 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | APM Terminals | 1,389 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maher Berth 64 | 1,041 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Fresh Market 153 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pioneer Transformer Co. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bethany Village | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CGS Machine and Tool Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | IKEA #067 Charlotte | 300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Branson | 300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BioDevices | 300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Xtek Inc | 300 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.