Copper alloy castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing · New York

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc.

Buffalo, NY · ~616 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. runs at 317% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Copper alloy castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc.: 10.4 TCR = 317% of Copper alloy castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. safety composite

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−3.2

2016→2023

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. injury rate improved

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 10.3 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.3 · 2017=14.6 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=11.8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331529 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 317% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK P17
  • PHOTO IBC Engineered Mater…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 319 inj
  • SIZE ~616 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IBC Engineered Materials (0.1 TCR gap)

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Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. averages 10.4 TCR (317% of the Copper alloy castings (except die-castings), unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. TCR series: 2016=10.3 · 2017=14.6 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=11.8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. falls in its industry

124 Copper alloy castings (except establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. (616 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Aurubis Buffalo, Inc.
Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. (616 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Aurubis Buffalo, Inc. has more employees than the Copper alloy castings (except die-castin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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
2023 7.0 5.6 35 0 0
2022 9.7 8.1 38 10 0
2019 11.8 7.8 66 5 0
2018 9.3 5.2 51 11 0
2017 14.6 5.3 71 28 0
2016 10.3 4.8 58 10 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331529 · NY · Buffalo

124 Copper alloy castings (except die-castings), unfinished, 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 IBC Engineered Materials 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magpro LLC 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Hills Industries 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yankee Casting Co., Inc. 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mohonk Mountain House 616 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCB Piezotronics 617 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roberts Wesleyan College 617 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brooklyn Regional Office 615 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 North 40 Outfitters #2 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Douglas County Forest Products 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR T'ville Feed Mill (Snow Hill) 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassus - Tulsa 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Customer Contact Center 616 FTE
NAT-SIZE UniFirst Corp. Loc's 616 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-FLPEN42 616 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zulily (OH) 616 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: 2023, 2022, 2019, 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.