Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing · New York

API Basco

Buffalo, NY · ~195 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

API Basco runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

API Basco: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

API Basco safety composite

API Basco scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−1.3

2017→2022

API Basco injury rate improved

API Basco's TCR fell 1.3 from 6.0 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332410 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #9/17
  • PHOTO Laars Heating System…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Laars Heating Systems Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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API Basco in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows API Basco averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

API Basco TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3 · 2022=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where API Basco falls in its industry

171 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat excha establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 17 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat excha employers in New York.

API Basco (195 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate API Basco
API Basco (195 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9

API Basco has more employees than the Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) man median and a higher 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
2022 4.7 4.7 7 0 0
2021 3.0 2.3 3 1 0
2020 2.7 1.6 5 0 0
2019 3.8 2.9 8 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 6 0 0
2017 6.0 6.0 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332410 · NY · Buffalo

171 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, 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 Laars Heating Systems Company 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alfa Laval Inc. Sarasota (loc code: CHAMP1) 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NY83 AMETEK HUGHES TREITLER 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paletti USA, LLC 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Giroux's Poultry Farm, Inc. 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skanska-Ecco III-HPA JV 90007820 Hunts Point 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE FSE Five Star Electric Corp. 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.J. Cassone Bakery, Inc. 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR Trelleborg Sealing Solutions 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Point 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PMG-San Mateo 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Vanir Development 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE DMJ Transportation 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wagner-Meinert LLC 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE KPS Global LLC. TN 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vista Products - Florida 195 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.