Sandblasting, building exterior · New Jersey

Steve Rich & Associates

Clifton, NJ · ~19 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steve Rich & Associates runs at 506% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sandblasting, building exterior workplace, earning a grade F.

Steve Rich & Associates: 14.2 TCR = 506% of Sandblasting, building exterior BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steve Rich & Associates safety composite

Steve Rich & Associates scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Steve Rich & Associates: 0.0 → 27.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 33.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2024

Steve Rich & Associates's TCR rose 27.2 from 0.0 in 2018 to 27.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 33.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Clifton, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 506% of ind

  • DART 9.1 DART
  • RANK #35/36
  • PHOTO Sinnott Blacktop, LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sinnott Blacktop, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steve Rich & Associates in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steve Rich & Associates averages 14.2 TCR (506% of the Sandblasting, building exterior BLS benchmark).

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

Steve Rich & Associates TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=6 · 2020=12.4 · 2021=33.9 · 2022=12.4 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=27.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Steve Rich & Associates falls in its industry

1,634 Sandblasting, building exterio establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 36 Sandblasting, building exterio employers in New Jersey.

Steve Rich & Associates (19 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Steve Rich & Associates
Steve Rich & Associates (19 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Steve Rich & Associates has fewer employees than the Sandblasting, building exterior median and a higher 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 27.2 9.1 3 0 0
2023 7.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 12.4 0.0 2 0 0
2021 33.9 11.3 6 0 0
2020 12.4 0.0 2 0 0
2019 6.0 6.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · NJ · Clifton

1,634 Sandblasting, building exterior employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 99 employers in Clifton, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Sinnott Blacktop, LLC 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Fence - Houston TX 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turf Etc. LLC 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weaver Construction Services, Inc. 14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Joseph J. White, Inc 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elizabethtown Gas-Erie Street 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flemington office 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concentric Group LLC 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR L3Harris 1,417 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clifton NJ 1,300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Space and Airborne Systems : NJ, Clifton - 77 River Rd. 1,272 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1822 - Clifton 378 FTE
NAT-TCR 202 Las Vegas 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Accurate Machine and Tool LLC 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OrePac Building Products - Boise 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Grove Services Inc of Miami 14.2 TCR

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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.