Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · New Jersey

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW

Lakewood, NJ · ~203 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW safety composite

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−3.1

2016→2024

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW injury rate improved

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW's TCR fell 3.1 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Lakewood, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P84
  • PHOTO Vertex, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~203 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vertex, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nitto, Inc - NA-LW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nitto, Inc - NA-LW averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Nitto, Inc - NA-LW falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nitto, Inc - NA-LW (203 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Nitto, Inc - NA-LW
Nitto, Inc - NA-LW (203 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Nitto, Inc - NA-LW has more employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2023 1.3 0.6 2 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 3 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 2 0 0
2020 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.9 0.4 2 0 0
2018 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2017 1.3 1.3 3 0 0
2016 5.2 4.3 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · NJ · Lakewood

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 94 employers in Lakewood, 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 Vertex, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hutchinson Sealing Systems 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ottawa Rubber Company 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherne Industries 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSM Nutritional Products 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE PNY Technologies, Inc. 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Foodware Group 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6768-67680011-270 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ-04 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tender Touch Rehab Services 2,997 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Campus 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renaissane Lakewood LLC 598 FTE
NAT-TCR 3001 Expressway Dr 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR WAC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brady Worldwide Incorporated - Florist Avenue Facility 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Huebert Fiberboard Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kimmins Contracting Corp. 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varian, Las Vegas 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE ORBIS Bardstown 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zeus Sales/R&D/AMP Facility 203 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.