Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross · New York
Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division
Buffalo, NY · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division runs at 490% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 5
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division's OSHA Total Case Rate of 16.2 to the Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross BLS benchmark of 3.3 (490% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division falls in its industry
107 Aluminum alloys made from scra establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Aluminum alloys made from scra employers in New York.
Trend analysis for Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division
Between 2022 and 2023, Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division's Total Case Rate improved from 21.7 to 10.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 51% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 10.7, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 21.7, a spread of 11.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division recorded 5 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 5 injuries shown on this page for Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 331314 - Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 37,513 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division (this establishment) | 16.16 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 331314 |
| New York state avg (all industries) | 4.67 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 21.7 | 7.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division's reported OSHA injury record versus its Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 490% of the Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross benchmark, Buffalo Engine Components Aluminum Sweat Division reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.