Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · New Jersey

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ

North Branch, NJ · ~111 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ safety composite

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · North Branch, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/44
  • PHOTO Berry Global - Hot S…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berry Global - Hot Springs, AR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 44 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in New Jersey.

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ (111 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ
Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ (111 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ has more employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NJ · North Branch

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 6 employers in North Branch, 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 Berry Global - Hot Springs, AR 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silgan Plastics 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trient LLC 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Short Hills 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE All Empoyees Working in NJ 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0597 MANHEIM NY METRO SKYLINE 100 ROUTE 46 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE STOP & SHOP 100804 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vollers Excavating and Construction, Inc 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Branch 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Branch steel 1105 51 FTE
NAT-TCR HP Hood- Vernon Transportation 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ellen Lighting & Hardware 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Berger Transfer & Storage, Inc- Houston 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR City of St. Charles General Administration 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lockport Township Fire Protection District 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Isd #308 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE ITW Evercoat 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE AFP Visalia 111 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.