Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants · New Jersey
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp
Kearny, NJ · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants workplace, earning a grade D.
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp safety composite
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
−3.3
2018→2019
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp injury rate improved
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp's TCR fell 3.3 from 6.6 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=6.6 · 2019=3.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Kearny, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Polymet
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Polymet (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Republic Wire,
Republic Wire, Inc
5.1 TCR
- International
International Wire - Bremen Indiana Operations
5.1 TCR
- This site
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp
5 TCR
- Cerro Flow Pro
Cerro Flow Products, LLC - Shelbina
5 TCR
- Polymet
Polymet
4.9 TCR
What this shows Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS benchmark).
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp TCR series: 2018=6.6 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp falls in its industry
198 Brass products, rolling, drawi establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Brass products, rolling, drawi employers in New Jersey.
Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp has fewer employees than the Brass products, rolling, drawing, or ext median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · NJ · Kearny
198 Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 87 employers in Kearny, 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 | Polymet | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cerro Flow Products, LLC - Shelbina | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Republic Wire, Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Wire - Bremen Indiana Operations | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bayonne NJ | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vaspro, LLC | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Servpro of Cape May and Cumberland Counties | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Atlantic Concrete Cutting Inc. | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 335980-DVD BLDG NJ P&DC | 1,456 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DOMINICK V DANIELS_1441053 | 1,234 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5447 | 760 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 335978-GREATER NEWARK NJ P&DC | 716 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Holaday Circuits, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Long Term Acute Care Hospital Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clewiston Operations | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ot-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Thomasville | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 55 Portway | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Off Broadway Apartments | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gale Nurseries Inc | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heitkotter, Inc. | 25 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.