Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation · New York

Buffalo Energy, Inc.

Elma, NY · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Energy, Inc. runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation workplace, earning a grade A.

Buffalo Energy, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 34% of Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Energy, Inc. safety composite

Buffalo Energy, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.8

2020→2023

Buffalo Energy, Inc. injury rate improved

Buffalo Energy, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Elma, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/60
  • PHOTO General Interiors
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: General Interiors (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Energy, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Energy, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (34% of the Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Energy, Inc. TCR series: 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Buffalo Energy, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Blown-in insulation (e.g., cel establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

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 60 Blown-in insulation (e.g., cel employers in New York.

Buffalo Energy, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Energy, Inc.
Buffalo Energy, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Buffalo Energy, Inc. has fewer employees than the Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, ve median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · NY · Elma

1,613 Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 15 employers in Elma, 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 General Interiors 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acousti Engineering Tampa 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acousti Engineering Huntsville 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rice Drywall, Inc. 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Eagle Dairy LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milk Street Dairy, LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Independence Energy Facility 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE TLS Scotia 5210-NYEE 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steuben Foods Incorporated 613 FTE
CITY-NEAR Servotronics, Inc 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR GYPSUM SYSTEMS, LLC. 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Maple Court 157 FTE
NAT-TCR SAO : Hartsville 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NDPaper LLC- Old Town Division 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cherokee Nation Assurance-USAMRMC Fredrick 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HEADQUARTERS : Mobile Equipment 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE QSI Environmental and Industrial Fab 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin & Cobey Construction Co., Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pomeroy Svc Bldg 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lmmm Dallas #37, LTD 28 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.