Garden hose, rubber or plastics, manufacturing · New Jersey

US Wire & Cable

Newark, NJ · ~260 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Wire & Cable runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garden hose, rubber or plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

US Wire & Cable: 5.1 TCR = 154% of Garden hose, rubber or plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Wire & Cable safety composite

US Wire & Cable scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−1.3

2017→2023

US Wire & Cable injury rate improved

US Wire & Cable's TCR fell 1.3 from 5.7 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 653.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=653.4 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326220 · Newark, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 154% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK P30
  • PHOTO Paratech, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~260 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paratech, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Wire & Cable in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Wire & Cable averages 5.1 TCR (154% of the Garden hose, rubber or plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Wire & Cable TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=653.4 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where US Wire & Cable falls in its industry

160 Garden hose, rubber or plastic establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
US Wire & Cable (260 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Wire & Cable
US Wire & Cable (260 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

US Wire & Cable has more employees than the Garden hose, rubber or plastics, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 4.3 3.7 13 0 0
2022 7.7 7.7 18 0 0
2021 2.7 1.0 8 0 0
2018 653.4 508.2 9 0 0
2017 5.7 4.6 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · NJ · Newark

160 Garden hose, rubber or plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, 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 Paratech, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexfab LLC - Main 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAH Acquisitions, LLC dba Snap-Tite Hose 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chemetall US Inc. 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atalanta Corporation 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10312 Millburn Union 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoprite of Linden 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR EWR 13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices 13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-EWR 11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER 4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR Intech P/M Stainless Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Don Hattan Chevrolet 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR United Rolls Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pietro Industries Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 55826 El Cajon 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE SLS South Beach 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Westlake Hills 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fontana Terminal 260 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017. 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.