Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · New Jersey

Township of Franklin Police

Name: Township of Franklin Police Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Somerset, NJ · ~146 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.1
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Township of Franklin Police runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.

Township of Franklin Police: 7.1 TCR = 221% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Township of Franklin Police safety composite

Township of Franklin Police scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 7.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2020→2024

Township of Franklin Police injury rate improved

Township of Franklin Police's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.7 in 2020 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.7 · 2021=14.8 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 221% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #6/9
PHOTO Sheriff's Office
BOOK 4y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~146 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sheriff's Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Township of Franklin Police averages 7.1 TCR (221% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).

Township of Franklin Police TCR series: 2020=3.7 · 2021=14.8 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Township of Franklin Police falls in its industry

716 Police departments (except Ame establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Police departments (except Ame employers in New Jersey.

Township of Franklin Police (146 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

Township of Franklin Police has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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
2024	2.6	2.6	4	0
2023	7.2	6.6	5	6
2021	14.8	14.8	0	21
2020	3.7	3.7	2	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · NJ · Somerset

716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 134 employers in Somerset, 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	Sheriff's Office	WHEATON, IL	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Police Department	NAUGATUCK, CT	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Benton County Sheriff's Office	CORVALLIS, OR	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sheriff's Department	CARLSBAD, NM	7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Imperia Foods	FAIRFIELD	146 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WESTAMPTON NJ	WESTAMPTON	146 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nipro PharmaPackaging Americas Tube Draw	MILLVILLE	146 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Haydon Corporation NJ	WAYNE	146 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catalent	Somerset	4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9	Somerset	2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PIM Brands	Somerset	682 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Somerset	Somerset	642 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jacksonville Distribution	Jacksonville, FL	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commonwealth Packaging Corporation	Chicopee, MA	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Echoing Valley Residential Center	Dayton, OH	7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	NRHN Nashua	Salem, NH	7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cutting Edge Countertops	Perrysburg, OH	146 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 0017	Irmo, SC	146 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 0499	Melbourne Beach, FL	146 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 0554	Cartersville, GA	146 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, 2023, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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