Pretzels, soft, manufacturing · New Jersey

J&J Snack Foods

Pennsauken, NJ · ~528 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J&J Snack Foods runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pretzels, soft, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

J&J Snack Foods: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Pretzels, soft, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J&J Snack Foods safety composite

J&J Snack Foods scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−0.4

2019→2024

J&J Snack Foods injury rate improved

J&J Snack Foods's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.0 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.0 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.7 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Pennsauken, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #6/39
  • PHOTO ARLINGTON TX PLANT
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~528 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARLINGTON TX PLANT (0.0 TCR gap)

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J&J Snack Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J&J Snack Foods averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Pretzels, soft, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

J&J Snack Foods TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.7 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where J&J Snack Foods falls in its industry

1,014 Pretzels, soft, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 39 Pretzels, soft, manufacturing employers in New Jersey.

J&J Snack Foods (528 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate J&J Snack Foods
J&J Snack Foods (528 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

J&J Snack Foods has more employees than the Pretzels, soft, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 2.5 2.5 11 0 0
2023 3.5 3.5 18 0 0
2021 1.7 0.7 6 6 0
2020 0.7 0.5 4 0 0
2019 3.0 2.0 18 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · NJ · Pennsauken

1,014 Pretzels, soft, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 110 employers in Pennsauken, 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 ARLINGTON TX PLANT 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR THE PLAINS OH DEPOT 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 331 Prattville AL 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hostess Brands LLC- Indianapolis 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PF EWR 529 FTE
STATE-SIZE Renaissance Lakewood, LLC 526 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aspire Bakeries - Swedesboro 525 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Lawrenceville School 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1964-00010110 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR AVL - NJ Headquarters 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR DIY - NJ Headquarters 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR 00010110 PENNSAUKEN 8275 - BDCI 267 FTE
NAT-TCR Zeigler Lincolnwood 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cytozyme Laboratories Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carpet Bonanza 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR A & M Engineering Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Noresco LLC 528 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Methodist Primary Care Group 528 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tpa-Ground Ops 528 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adco Electric 528 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 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.