Fire sprinkler system installation · New Jersey

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc.

Carlstadt, NJ · ~55 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 173% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. safety composite

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−11.2

2016→2022

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 11.2 from 11.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.2 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Carlstadt, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 173% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #59/84
  • PHOTO Bryant Group Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bryant Group Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (173% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 84 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in New Jersey.

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc.
Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 3 0 0
2018 7.4 7.4 4 0 0
2016 11.2 11.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NJ · Carlstadt

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 78 employers in Carlstadt, 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 Bryant Group Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metalcrafters of Albuquerque 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LTD 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4829-12596 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Jersey American Water-Farmingdale 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moorestown,NJ 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Post Acute Care Pharmacy INT 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR TRIBECA OVEN 362 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safway Atlantic, LLC - New Jersey 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Trading Co. Inc. 295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unimac Graphics, LLC 227 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Yakima Wastewater 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar's Mediterranean Foods 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1058 - Lake Jackson 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 830 - Winchester DC 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Novozymes -108TW 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE BUF-ODFL 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Canyon Landfill 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG709 55 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.