Lending libraries · New Jersey

Somerset County Library System of NJ

Name: Somerset County Library System of NJ Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Bridgewater, NJ · ~251 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 0.7
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Somerset County Library System of NJ runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lending libraries workplace, earning a grade D.

Somerset County Library System of NJ: 1.3 TCR = 184% of Lending libraries BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Somerset County Library System of NJ safety composite

Somerset County Library System of NJ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Somerset County Library System of NJ held a steady TCR band

Somerset County Library System of NJ's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.3 in 2021 to 1.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.3 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Bridgewater, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.3 · 184% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK P64
PHOTO Ankeny Kirkendall Pu…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~251 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (0.1 TCR gap)

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Decatur Public

1.4
Library Admini

1.4
This site

1.3
Ankeny Kirkend

1.2
Newbury Park L

1.2

What this shows Somerset County Library System of NJ averages 1.3 TCR (184% of the Lending libraries BLS benchmark).

Somerset County Library System of NJ TCR series: 2021=1.3 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 0.7

Where Somerset County Library System of NJ falls in its industry

89 Lending libraries establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Somerset County Library System of NJ (251 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Somerset County Library System of NJ has more employees than the Lending libraries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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	1.3	0.7	2	0	0
2021	1.3	1.3	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · NJ · Bridgewater

89 Lending libraries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 101 employers in Bridgewater, 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	Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library	ANKENY, IA	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Decatur Public Library	DECATUR, IL	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newbury Park Library	NEWBURY PARK, CA	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Library Administration	AUBURN, CA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DSM Nutritional Products - Belvidere NJ	BELVIDERE	251 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tris - Bldg. 2031	MONMOUTH JUNCTION	251 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ShopRite of Hackensack	HACKENSACK	251 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1917 - Mount Laurel	MOUNT LAUREL	251 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanofi Bridgewater Office	Bridgewater	3,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanofi Sales	Bridgewater	2,300 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanofi US Services Inc.	Bridgewater	2,233 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bridgewater - Bausch Health	Bridgewater	1,569 FTE
NAT-TCR	VT Mobile Aerospace	Mobile, AL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	LB Foster Rail Technologies, Inc (Field Services)	Pittsburgh, PA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Walker	Walker, MI	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Custom-1	Phillips, WI	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	George Chiala Farms	Morgan Hill, CA	251 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Asheville Police Department	Asheville, NC	251 FTE
NAT-SIZE	035 - Taylor	Taylor, MI	251 FTE
NAT-SIZE	065 - Shelby Twp	Utica, MI	251 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: 2024, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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