Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing · New Jersey

Wastequip Erial

Erial, NJ · ~98 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wastequip Erial runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Wastequip Erial: 10.0 TCR = 302% of Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wastequip Erial safety composite

Wastequip Erial scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Wastequip Erial: 1.3 → 11.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 18.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2024

Wastequip Erial's TCR rose 10.4 from 1.3 in 2016 to 11.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Erial, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 302% of ind

  • DART 8.6 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Rule Steel Plant 7
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 99 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rule Steel Plant 7 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wastequip Erial in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wastequip Erial averages 10.0 TCR (302% of the Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wastequip Erial TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=11.4 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=18.7 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=11.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Wastequip Erial falls in its industry

175 Containers, light gauge metal establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Containers, light gauge metal employers in New Jersey.

Wastequip Erial (98 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wastequip Erial
Wastequip Erial (98 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Wastequip Erial has more employees than the Containers, light gauge metal (except ca median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 11.8 8.6 14 1 0
2023 8.1 4.1 10 0 0
2022 18.7 8.9 21 0 0
2021 14.7 11.8 15 0 0
2020 9.6 5.3 9 0 0
2019 7.3 3.3 9 0 0
2018 6.6 1.9 7 0 0
2017 11.4 8.2 13 1 0
2016 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · NJ · Erial

175 Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 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 Rule Steel Plant 7 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Plant 2 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Eagleville 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 3 & Shipping, Rule Steel 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE ACE-Pleasantville Operations 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm Blanchard Co 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richard E Pierson Materials Corporation 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ames Rubber Corporation-Hamburg 98 FTE
NAT-TCR Village of Cassopolis 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LP Carrollton, LLC 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Scott County Fire Dept. 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Holy Cross Hospital 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE EPCO 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rehabilitation Center of Hampton 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Land of Lincoln Goodwill Wabash Store 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelson Steel Products 98 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.