Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing · New York

Big Heart Pet Brands

Name: Big Heart Pet Brands Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, NY · ~273 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Big Heart Pet Brands runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Big Heart Pet Brands: 2.8 TCR = 72% of Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Heart Pet Brands safety composite

Big Heart Pet Brands scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Big Heart Pet Brands held a steady TCR band

Big Heart Pet Brands's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.9 in 2023 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.9 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 72% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #4/10
PHOTO Manufacturing
BOOK 2y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~273 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Manufacturing

2.8
AGRICULTURAL C

2.8
Nestle Purina

2.8
Heartland Pet

2.8

What this shows Big Heart Pet Brands averages 2.8 TCR (72% of the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Big Heart Pet Brands TCR series: 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.9

Where Big Heart Pet Brands falls in its industry

302 Animal feed mills, dog and cat establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Animal feed mills, dog and cat employers in New York.

Big Heart Pet Brands (273 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Big Heart Pet Brands has more employees than the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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	2.7	1.9	7	0	0
2023	2.9	2.5	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · NY · Buffalo

302 Animal feed mills, dog and cat, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Manufacturing	CRITTENDEN, KY	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES INC	NEW OXFORD, PA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nestle Purina Pet Care	FORT DODGE, IA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing Indiana LLC	RICHMOND, IN	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	STATEN ISLAND SERVICE CENTER (NY78)	STATEN ISLAND	273 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1866 - Farmingdale	FARMINGDALE	273 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0243 - QUEENS NY WHSE	LONG ISLAND CITY	273 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NORTHWEST ROCHESTER_1432967	ROCHESTER	273 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buffalo General Hospital	Buffalo	3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Hospital of Buffalo	Buffalo	2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WNY Independent Living, Inc.	Buffalo	1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital	Buffalo	1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR	Belair Sitework Services	New Brighton, MN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Washington Learning Center	New Ulm, MN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	GRAD Oxford	Oxford, MS	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Endeavor Air, Inc. - CVG Flight Operations and Inflight Base	Hebron, KY	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Aspen Aerogel	East Providence, RI	273 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Los Angeles City Planning - City Hall	Los Angeles, CA	273 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ABCO Transporation, Inc. - OCF	Ocala, FL	273 FTE
NAT-SIZE	10546 Downtown Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	273 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.

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