Nitrous ether manufacturing · New Jersey

Worthington Biochemical Corp

Lakewood, NJ · ~70 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Worthington Biochemical Corp runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nitrous ether manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Worthington Biochemical Corp: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Nitrous ether manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Worthington Biochemical Corp safety composite

Worthington Biochemical Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2023→2024

Worthington Biochemical Corp injury rate improved

Worthington Biochemical Corp's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.8 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.8 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Lakewood, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Nippon Shokubai Amer…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nippon Shokubai America, Inc. (NAII) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Worthington Biochemical Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Worthington Biochemical Corp averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Nitrous ether manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Worthington Biochemical Corp TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Worthington Biochemical Corp falls in its industry

552 Nitrous ether manufacturing establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Nitrous ether manufacturing employers in New Jersey.

Worthington Biochemical Corp (70 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Worthington Biochemical Corp
Worthington Biochemical Corp (70 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Worthington Biochemical Corp has fewer employees than the Nitrous ether manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 Fatalities
2024 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · NJ · Lakewood

552 Nitrous ether manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 94 employers in Lakewood, 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 Nippon Shokubai America, Inc. (NAII) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Momentive Performance Materials - Texas City 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanxess Mapleton 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR REG Danville LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Noble Construction Group, LLC 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rutherford - Rooney 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE TriStruX 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLINE_Rahway, NJ 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR NJ-04 4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tender Touch Rehab Services 2,997 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Campus 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renaissane Lakewood LLC 598 FTE
NAT-TCR G M Die Casting 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Koester Corporation 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GALLATIN 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR European American Association 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Pavilion 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otterbein Gahanna 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ridgecrest 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Woodlands of Columbus 70 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. 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.