Floor polishes and waxes manufacturing · New York

American Wax Company, Inc

Long Island City, NY · ~47 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

American Wax Company, Inc runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Floor polishes and waxes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

American Wax Company, Inc: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Floor polishes and waxes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Wax Company, Inc safety composite

American Wax Company, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

American Wax Company, Inc held a steady TCR band

American Wax Company, Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325612 · Long Island City, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P66
  • PHOTO Contec, INC. - Flatw…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Contec, INC. - Flatwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Wax Company, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Wax Company, Inc averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Floor polishes and waxes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American Wax Company, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where American Wax Company, Inc falls in its industry

143 Floor polishes and waxes manuf establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
American Wax Company, Inc (47 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Wax Company, Inc
American Wax Company, Inc (47 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9

American Wax Company, Inc has fewer employees than the Floor polishes and waxes manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2017 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325612 · NY · Long Island City

143 Floor polishes and waxes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 160 employers in Long Island City, 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 Contec, INC. - Flatwood 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waxdale 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kyzen Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contec, INC. - Locust Grove 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms, LLC Bliss, NY 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brightly Farms, LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red Jacket Orchards 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barbland Dairy LLC 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Collins Building Services 3,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Long Island City Facility 2,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR New York City Department of Design & Construction 1,034 FTE
CITY-NEAR E-J Electric Installation Co. 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Newport- Paper - B352 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Health - Litchfield 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 2073-EJ-20730195-MX 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Davis Core & Pad INC. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Miner Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manheim Keystone Pennsylvania 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regional Boat Maintenance Center-RBMC 47 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.