Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · New Jersey

Rust-Oleum Newark

Newark, NJ · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rust-Oleum Newark runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Rust-Oleum Newark: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rust-Oleum Newark safety composite

Rust-Oleum Newark scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.4

2016→2019

Rust-Oleum Newark injury rate improved

Rust-Oleum Newark's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Newark, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/17
  • PHOTO PHXPLT PHXPLT - PHX …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PHXPLT PHXPLT - PHX PLANT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rust-Oleum Newark in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rust-Oleum Newark averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rust-Oleum Newark TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Rust-Oleum Newark falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in New Jersey.

Rust-Oleum Newark (27 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rust-Oleum Newark
Rust-Oleum Newark (27 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Rust-Oleum Newark has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · NJ · Newark

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, 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 PHXPLT PHXPLT - PHX PLANT 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HENTZEN COATINGS, INC. FAULKNER 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benjamin Moore 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. - CHATSWORTH RECEIVING 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concentric Group LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pact Two, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Bridges-NYST 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR EWR 13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices 13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-EWR 11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER 4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR Truck Shop 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Interbake Foods LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Southside Soapbox 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2073-SW-20730089-CS 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE WTYAK 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enterprise / National / Alamo - Santa Barbara Airport 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 310 Walnut Extension 27 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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