Marine cargo handling services · New Jersey

SMM Group Port Newark

Newark, NJ · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMM Group Port Newark runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade A.

SMM Group Port Newark: 1.2 TCR = 26% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMM Group Port Newark safety composite

SMM Group Port Newark scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

SMM Group Port Newark held a steady TCR band

SMM Group Port Newark's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Newark, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/20
  • PHOTO Total Port Arthur
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Total Port Arthur (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMM Group Port Newark in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMM Group Port Newark averages 1.2 TCR (26% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

SMM Group Port Newark TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where SMM Group Port Newark falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

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 20 Marine cargo handling services employers in New Jersey.

SMM Group Port Newark (22 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SMM Group Port Newark
SMM Group Port Newark (22 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

SMM Group Port Newark has fewer employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · NJ · Newark

391 Marine cargo handling services 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 Total Port Arthur 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Hawaii Port of Kawaihae 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GCT Bayonne LP 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manchester Terminal 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE America's Grow-A-Row Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Red Oak Power 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodbridge Energy Center 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Power Generation, LLC 22 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 United Church Homes and Services-Home Office 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal Management Indiana - ECI Facility 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinois Liquor Control Commission-Chicago 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nelson Insulation Company- Colorado 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Ecology Tulsa 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miklos Air Conditioning 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE OCH Webster County Clinic 22 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.