Cellulose xanthate (viscose) manufacturing · New York

3M - Tonawanda

Tonawanda, NY · ~350 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3M - Tonawanda runs at 342% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cellulose xanthate (viscose) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

3M - Tonawanda: 11.3 TCR = 342% of Cellulose xanthate (viscose) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3M - Tonawanda safety composite

3M - Tonawanda scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−3.5

2022→2024

3M - Tonawanda injury rate improved

3M - Tonawanda's TCR fell 3.5 from 12.1 in 2022 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.1 · 2023=13.1 · 2024=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Tonawanda, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 342% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Reese Enterprises, I…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 89 inj
  • SIZE ~350 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reese Enterprises, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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3M - Tonawanda in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3M - Tonawanda averages 11.3 TCR (342% of the Cellulose xanthate (viscose) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

3M - Tonawanda TCR series: 2022=12.1 · 2023=13.1 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where 3M - Tonawanda falls in its industry

644 Cellulose xanthate (viscose) m establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Cellulose xanthate (viscose) m employers in New York.

3M - Tonawanda (350 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 3M - Tonawanda
3M - Tonawanda (350 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

3M - Tonawanda has more employees than the Cellulose xanthate (viscose) manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2024 8.6 6.1 26 2 0
2023 13.1 7.0 31 14 0
2022 12.1 7.6 32 14 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · NY · Tonawanda

644 Cellulose xanthate (viscose) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, NY · 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 Reese Enterprises, Inc. 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hahl Inc 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Astro Plastics - Georgia 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Composites, Inc. 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marietta Corporation-Central Ave Properties Inc. 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Plaza 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4597 350 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6284-RX-123 YR 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tonawanda Engine Plant 1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Praxair Technology Center 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR Linde Inc. 986 FTE
NAT-TCR Curry Rail Services - Hockley 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Avera Gettysburg Hospital DBA Avera Missouri River Health Center 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PAM Specialty Hospital of New Braunfels 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE OnPoint Building Services LLC 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Phoenix E40 HSD 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE FedEx Supply Chain Lima P&G 350 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverside Health and Rehabilation 350 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. 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.