Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · New York
Bison Laboratories, Inc
Buffalo, NY · ~19 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bison Laboratories, Inc runs at 505% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Bison Laboratories, Inc: 11.1 TCR = 505% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bison Laboratories, Inc safety composite
Bison Laboratories, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Bison Laboratories, Inc: 4.7 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 75.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Bison Laboratories, Inc's TCR rose 0.6 from 4.7 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 75.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 505% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #22/23
- PHOTO Chem-Impex Internati…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~19 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Chem-Impex International, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bison Laboratories, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Chemtreat - Tr
Chemtreat - Trident
11.8 TCR
- REN475
REN475
11.6 TCR
- This site
Bison Laboratories, Inc
11.1 TCR
- Chem-Impex Int
Chem-Impex International, Inc.
11.1 TCR
- Phoenix Produc
Phoenix Products Company
10.3 TCR
What this shows Bison Laboratories, Inc averages 11.1 TCR (505% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Bison Laboratories, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2019=75.1 · 2021=21.7 · 2023=12.7 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Bison Laboratories, Inc falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 23 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in New York.
Bison Laboratories, Inc has fewer employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21.7 | 8.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 75.1 | 37.6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · NY · Buffalo
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Chem-Impex International, Inc. | 11.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | REN475 | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chemtreat - Trident | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Phoenix Products Company | 10.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | NYSEG Chatham | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FRANKLINVILLE CREW LOCATION-NY39 | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | STOW SERVICE CENTER-NY41 | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | K. Hovnanian Companies NYC - Leroy Office | 19 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 | TXE002 | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Georgetown Brewing | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Adorn B410 | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Total Door II, Inc. | 11.1 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.