Commercial building construction general contractors · Kentucky
Buffalo Construction Inc.
Louisville, KY · ~130 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Construction Inc. runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade B.
Buffalo Construction Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 54% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Construction Inc. safety composite
Buffalo Construction Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Buffalo Construction Inc.: 1.0 → 3.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Buffalo Construction Inc.'s TCR rose 2.0 from 1.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 54% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #22/71
- PHOTO Wohlsen Construction…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~130 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Wohlsen Construction Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Construction Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buffalo Construction Inc.
1.6 TCR
- Wohlsen Constr
Wohlsen Construction Company
1.6 TCR
- TICO Construct
TICO Construction Inc.
1.6 TCR
- Windover Const
Windover Construction
1.6 TCR
- CML Security S
CML Security San Antonio
1.6 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Construction Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (54% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Construction Inc. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=0.7 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.9
Where Buffalo Construction Inc. falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 71 Commercial building constructi employers in Kentucky.
Buffalo Construction Inc. has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · KY · Louisville
4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 | Wohlsen Construction Company | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TICO Construction Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Windover Construction | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CML Security San Antonio | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | East & Westbrook Construction Inc. | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Premier Fire and Security, Inc. | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sales | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Johnson Controls | 130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jefferson County Public Schools | 18,524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KYGRA - WORLDPORT | 11,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WORLDPORT (KYGRA) | 9,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KTKY TRUCK | 8,757 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | North Shore Physicians Group | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Core Industries, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Retech Systems LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McClintock Electric Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Carnegie Staffing Holdco LLC | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0423 | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dexis - Quakertown | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MetroPower Inc BR8 | 130 FTE |
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.