General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · New York

BUF-ODFL

Tonawanda, NY · ~55 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BUF-ODFL runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade C.

BUF-ODFL: 3.8 TCR = 84% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BUF-ODFL safety composite

BUF-ODFL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.8

2016→2022

BUF-ODFL injury rate improved

BUF-ODFL's TCR fell 2.8 from 5.6 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Tonawanda, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #10/98
  • PHOTO Central Transport - …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Transport - 379 (0.0 TCR gap)

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BUF-ODFL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BUF-ODFL averages 3.8 TCR (84% of the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS benchmark).

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

BUF-ODFL TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=7 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 4.5

Where BUF-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 98 General Freight Trucking, long employers in New York.

BUF-ODFL (55 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate BUF-ODFL
BUF-ODFL (55 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

BUF-ODFL has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2019 7.0 4.2 5 0 0
2018 3.8 1.3 3 0 0
2016 5.6 5.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NY · Tonawanda

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, 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 Central Transport - 379 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 44- ROANOKE TERMINAL 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR EPH 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MON 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Satur Farms LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yonkers Service Center 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Fuel Distribution Orchard Park Servicenter 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE INA-Syracuse 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tonawanda Engine Plant 1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Praxair Technology Center 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR Linde Inc. 986 FTE
NAT-TCR Town of Waterford Youth Services 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 9123-Dfw-Primeflight Aviation Services, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SuperMax Magnolia Gardens 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 677 - La Quinta 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Johnson Canyon Landfill 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novozymes -108TW 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 55 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, 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.