Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · New Jersey

The Arc, Employment Center

Lakewood, NJ · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Arc, Employment Center runs at 251% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade F.

The Arc, Employment Center: 9.5 TCR = 251% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Arc, Employment Center safety composite

The Arc, Employment Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.6

2020→2021

The Arc, Employment Center injury rate improved

The Arc, Employment Center's TCR fell 11.6 from 15.3 in 2020 to 3.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.3 · 2021=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Lakewood, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 251% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #14/16
  • PHOTO Exton Store
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Exton Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Arc, Employment Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Arc, Employment Center averages 9.5 TCR (251% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

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

The Arc, Employment Center TCR series: 2020=15.3 · 2021=3.8 · BLS 3.8

Where The Arc, Employment Center falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 16 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in New Jersey.

The Arc, Employment Center (29 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate The Arc, Employment Center
The Arc, Employment Center (29 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

The Arc, Employment Center has fewer employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2021 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2020 15.3 15.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · NJ · Lakewood

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 94 employers in Lakewood, 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 Exton Store 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6443-533527 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Romulus ARC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARC Industries North 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRP Services Inc 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Construction Group Inc 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Renda Roads, Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMAC Communications Inc 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ-04 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tender Touch Rehab Services 2,997 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Campus 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renaissane Lakewood LLC 598 FTE
NAT-TCR Villa West #557 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Safe 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bray Sheet Metal 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudson Plant 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Home2Suites Summerville 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elliott Electric Supply #110 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elliott Electric Supply #81 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berger - Chicago 29 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. 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.