General services departments, government · New Jersey

Town of Dover Department of Public Works

Dover, NJ · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Town of Dover Department of Public Works runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Town of Dover Department of Public Works: 11.6 TCR = 363% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Town of Dover Department of Public Works safety composite

Town of Dover Department of Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.82 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.1

2021→2023

Town of Dover Department of Public Works injury rate improved

Town of Dover Department of Public Works's TCR fell 5.1 from 17.9 in 2021 to 12.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=17.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=12.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Dover, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 363% of ind

  • DART 12.8 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Dept. of Public Works
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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Town of Dover Department of Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Town of Dover Department of Public Works averages 11.6 TCR (363% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Town of Dover Department of Public Works TCR series: 2021=17.9 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=12.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Town of Dover Department of Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #3 safest of 4 General services departments, employers in New Jersey.

Town of Dover Department of Public Works (19 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Town of Dover Department of Public Works
Town of Dover Department of Public Works (19 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Town of Dover Department of Public Works has fewer employees than the General services departments, government 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
2023 12.8 12.8 6 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2021 17.9 14.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · NJ · Dover

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 33 employers in Dover, NJ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Public Works 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2962-00001702 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of St. James 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Development 11.6 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 Howmet - Dover Casting 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Clare's Dover Hospital 625 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Clares Dover Hospital 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zufall Health 351 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 102576 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Recology Blossom Valley Organics North 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Police Department 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR BYK Construction Inc. 11.6 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: 2023, 2022, 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.