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

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force

Name: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force Workplace Safety Data
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East Hanover, NJ · ~2,977 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force runs at 21% 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 Field Force: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force safety composite

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force: 0.3 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2017

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.3 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

DART 0.4 DART
RANK #14/93
PHOTO Corium Innovations, …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 45 inj
SIZE ~2,977 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corium Innovations, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dendreon Pharm

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What this shows Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2017=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 93 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in New Jersey.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force (2,977 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Field Force 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
2017	1.1	0.4	38	0	0
2016	0.3	0.0	7	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Corium Innovations, Inc.	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Natrol Industries LLC	CHATSWORTH, CA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FUJIFILM DIOSYNTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES CALIFORNIA	THOUSAND OAKS, CA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC	SEAL BEACH, CA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - LGA9	EDISON	2,966 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tender Touch Rehab Services	LAKEWOOD	2,997 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harrisburg Home Health Holdings	RIDGEFIELD PARK	2,951 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : EWR9	CARTERET	3,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	East Hanover	4,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales Force	East Hanover	3,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mondelez Global North East HDQ - Sales	East Hanover	1,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mondelez Global - East Hanover Tech Center	East Hanover	1,092 FTE
NAT-TCR	Avanti Wind Systems, Inc.	Franklin, WI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	MS - MCAS Yuma, AZ - 1YUAZ	Mcas Yuma, AZ	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	LESMMOAH	Lees Summit, MO	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Novus Medical Detox of Pasco County, LLC	New Port Richey, FL	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Field Service Orlando	Orlando, FL	2,976 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Honda Mfg. of Indiana, LLC	Greensburg, IN	2,975 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Takeda: USA Field Sales Employees	Lexington, MA	2,980 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ChildCare Careers	Brisbane, CA	2,972 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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