Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing · New Jersey
Primex Plastics Garfield
Garfield, NJ · ~70 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Primex Plastics Garfield runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Primex Plastics Garfield: 9.9 TCR = 301% of Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Primex Plastics Garfield safety composite
Primex Plastics Garfield scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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
−4.6
2019→2024
Primex Plastics Garfield injury rate improved
Primex Plastics Garfield's TCR fell 4.6 from 11.8 in 2019 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=11.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=7.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326112 · Garfield, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 301% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #7/8
- PHOTO Brunk LLC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 41 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Brunk LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Primex Plastics Garfield in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Manchester Pac
Manchester Packaging Company
10 TCR
- This site
Primex Plastics Garfield
9.9 TCR
- Brunk LLC
Brunk LLC
9.8 TCR
- Polychem, LLC
Polychem, LLC - Fountain Inn, SC
9.8 TCR
- GOEX Cedar Cit
GOEX Cedar City
9.8 TCR
What this shows Primex Plastics Garfield averages 9.9 TCR (301% of the Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Primex Plastics Garfield TCR series: 2019=11.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Primex Plastics Garfield falls in its industry
396 Film, plastics, packaging, man establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Film, plastics, packaging, man employers in New Jersey.
Primex Plastics Garfield has fewer employees than the Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.8 | 7.9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326112 · NJ · Garfield
396 Film, plastics, packaging, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 16 employers in Garfield, 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 | Brunk LLC | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Manchester Packaging Company | 10.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Polychem, LLC - Fountain Inn, SC | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GOEX Cedar City | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Noble Construction Group, LLC | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rutherford - Rooney | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TriStruX | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CLINE_Rahway, NJ | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5752 | 505 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5752 | 428 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brimar Industries | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 981 GARFIELD, NJ | 89 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Edna Tina Wilson | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Children's Theatre Company and School | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mubea Tailor Rolled Blanks | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Optimist Mission Hills | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Vforge Inc | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Walter Windsor | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Magni Industries, Inc. | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kierland #553 | 70 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.