Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing · New Jersey

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC

Kearny, NJ · ~66 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC: 6.8 TCR = 167% of Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC safety composite

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2019→2021

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC injury rate improved

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC's TCR fell 3.0 from 8.1 in 2019 to 5.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.1 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Kearny, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 167% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #13/16
  • PHOTO Embria Health Sciences
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Embria Health Sciences (0.1 TCR gap)

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Pharmachem Laboratories LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pharmachem Laboratories LLC averages 6.8 TCR (167% of the Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC TCR series: 2019=8.1 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=5.1 · BLS 4.1

Where Pharmachem Laboratories LLC falls in its industry

335 Drink powder mixes (except cho establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 16 Drink powder mixes (except cho employers in New Jersey.

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC (66 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pharmachem Laboratories LLC
Pharmachem Laboratories LLC (66 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Pharmachem Laboratories LLC has fewer employees than the Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, co 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
2021 5.1 5.1 4 0 0
2020 7.4 5.9 5 0 0
2019 8.1 3.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · NJ · Kearny

335 Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing 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 Embria Health Sciences 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacmoore process technologies llc 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eggs - Lake Odessa MI 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GoMacro, LLC 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sordoni Construction Company 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE NC&Sons 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Distribution Building 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Passaic County Roads Department 66 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 Metcalfe's- West 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Alta Equipment Company 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Contour 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dinklage Medical Clinic 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE S.S. Hert Lucerne Valley 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pascap Co. Inc 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Plastics Corp - Golconda 66 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.