Abrasive products manufacturing · New York

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc.

Name: Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

North Tonawanda, NY · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Abrasive products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Abrasive products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. safety composite

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−5.3

2017→2024

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. injury rate improved

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 8.6 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · North Tonawanda, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #5/15
PHOTO Buff and Shine
BOOK 8y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buff and Shine (0.0 TCR gap)

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Saint-Gobain A

2.4
This site

2.3
Buff and Shine

2.3
Diamabrush LLC

2.3
Global 378 Nia

2.2

What this shows Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Abrasive products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. falls in its industry

90 Abrasive products manufacturin establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 #5 safest of 15 Abrasive products manufacturin employers in New York.

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Buffalo Abrasives, Inc. has fewer employees than the Abrasive products manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2024	3.3	3.3	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	6.5	6.5	2
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	8.6	8.6	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · NY · North Tonawanda

90 Abrasive products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 60 employers in North Tonawanda, 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	Buff and Shine	RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Diamabrush LLC	STERLING HEIGHTS, MI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saint-Gobain ABC Warren / Amplex Superabrasives	OLYPHANT, PA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Global 378 Niagara	LOCKPORT, NY	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Schofield Farms LLC	SHERMAN	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CSS Farms - Bliss	BLISS	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1482 West Genesee Road, Baldwinsville NY	BALDWINSVILLE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	166 Gary Dr., Brockport, NY 14420	BROCKPORT	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4597	North Tonawanda	350 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4597	North Tonawanda	338 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northgate Health Care Facility	North Tonawanda	246 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kaleida Health DeGraff Memorial Hospital	North Tonawanda	227 FTE
NAT-TCR	30492 - Capstnoe Mclane Western	Longmont, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilltop Lumber Alexandria	Alexandria, MN	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	EI013 - Detroit Lakes Office	Detroit Lakes, MN	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Prime Retail Services, Inc.	Flowery Branch, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kelly Fabricators Corp.	Louisville, KY	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lumber City Corp. Corporate Office	Chatsworth, CA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Queen Creek Ready Mix	San Tan Valley, AZ	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North	Anaheim, CA	32 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.