Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · New Jersey

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

East Hanover, NJ · ~4,657 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation runs at 4% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation: 0.1 TCR = 4% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation safety composite

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation held a steady TCR band

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.2 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=0.1 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · East Hanover, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 4% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/93
  • PHOTO Janssen Manati
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~4,657 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Janssen Manati (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation averages 0.1 TCR (4% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=0.1 · 2023=0.1 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 93 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in New Jersey.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (4,657 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (4,657 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.1 0.0 6 0 0
2023 0.1 0.1 6 1 0
2022 0.1 0.0 3 1 0
2021 0.1 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.1 0.1 4 0 0
2019 0.1 0.1 4 0 0
2018 0.3 0.0 11 1 0
2017 0.2 0.0 8 0 0
2016 0.2 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · NJ · East Hanover

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 45 employers in East Hanover, 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 Janssen Manati 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC / Viatris - Vega Baja 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc. 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson, NC Facility 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER 4,772 FTE
STATE-SIZE FDM Associates Inc - SFS 4,790 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : EWR4 4,514 FTE
STATE-SIZE NNI North America Home Office location 4,823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales Force 3,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force 2,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez Global North East HDQ - Sales 1,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez Global - East Hanover Tech Center 1,092 FTE
NAT-TCR Indorama Ventures Oxides, LLC 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MD&A San Antonio Service Center 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Administration 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trumbull 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Salt River Project District Valley 4,655 FTE
NAT-SIZE DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. 4,655 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA Fresno 4,667 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.