Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · New Jersey

West-Ward Eatontown

Eatontown, NJ · ~342 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West-Ward Eatontown runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

West-Ward Eatontown: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West-Ward Eatontown safety composite

West-Ward Eatontown scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

West-Ward Eatontown: 1.6 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2018

West-Ward Eatontown's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.6 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Eatontown, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #51/93
  • PHOTO Albany Molecular Res…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~342 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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West-Ward Eatontown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West-Ward Eatontown averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

West-Ward Eatontown TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=2 · BLS 3.3

Where West-Ward Eatontown falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 93 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in New Jersey.

West-Ward Eatontown (342 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate West-Ward Eatontown
West-Ward Eatontown (342 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

West-Ward Eatontown has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2018 2.0 1.2 4 1 0
2017 1.9 1.7 7 0 0
2016 1.6 1.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · NJ · Eatontown

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 53 employers in Eatontown, 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 Albany Molecular Research, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR INCOG Biopharma Services Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amneal -47CD Piscataway 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging LLC 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE SHOPRITE OF ROCHELLE PARK #121 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE ShopRite Of Clark 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE #604 Toms River Shoprite 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3912 342 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMH Hospitals Corporation 2,235 FTE
CITY-NEAR SubCom, LLC 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monmouth 052 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medtronic Eatontown 189 FTE
NAT-TCR Ellsworth Corporate Headquarters 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Manufacturers Chemical 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Manning Construction LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The McAlear Group- Corporate Office 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cooperative Production, Inc. 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCF Hotel Service 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Milk Producers Inc (Portage) 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dawn Food Products - York Manufacturing 342 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.