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

Rust-Oleum Somerset

Name: Rust-Oleum Somerset Workplace Safety Data
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Somerset, NJ · ~80 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Rust-Oleum Somerset runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Rust-Oleum Somerset: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rust-Oleum Somerset safety composite

Rust-Oleum Somerset scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Rust-Oleum Somerset: 3.7 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2021

Rust-Oleum Somerset's TCR rose 2.4 from 3.7 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #11/17
PHOTO Atlas Putty 8351
BOOK 5y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlas Putty 8351 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.1
Atlas Putty 83

4.1
US IL Homewood

4.1
Vista Paint Co

4.1
The Willamette

4.1

What this shows Rust-Oleum Somerset averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Rust-Oleum Somerset TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Rust-Oleum Somerset falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 17 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in New Jersey.

Rust-Oleum Somerset (80 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Rust-Oleum Somerset has more employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a higher 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
2021	6.1	3.0	6	0
2020	3.3	2.2	3	0
2019	5.1	5.1	4	0
2018	2.5	2.5	2	0
2016	3.7	1.2	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · NJ · Somerset

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 134 employers in Somerset, 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	Atlas Putty 8351	TINLEY PARK, IL	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US IL Homewood Plant	HOMEWOOD, IL	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vista Paint Corporation	FULLERTON, CA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Willamette Valley Company, LLC (Site 10)	EUGENE, OR	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lendlease - Princeton Office	EWING	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NA-US-NJ-Pine Brook-Chapin Road	PINE BROOK	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jottan, Inc.	FLORENCE	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allmark Door Company HQ	SPRINGFIELD	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catalent	Somerset	4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9	Somerset	2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PIM Brands	Somerset	682 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Somerset	Somerset	642 FTE
NAT-TCR	0325 - Arundel Mills Md Whse	Hanover, MD	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	SAS Services Los Angeles, Inc	Los Angeles, CA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stoughton Hospital	Stoughton, WI	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Affiliated Foods, Inc.	Amarillo, TX	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Staples La Mirada PSO	La Mirada, CA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Milwaukee Ind.	Wauwatosa, WI	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ceratizit Sacramento	Rancho Cordova, CA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US193: Norfolk 295 - SG	Norfolk, VA	80 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, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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