Parts, used, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers · New York

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc.

Buffalo, NY · ~85 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. runs at 763% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Parts, used, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc.: 16.8 TCR = 763% of Parts, used, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. safety composite

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 8.9 in 2021 to 8.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 32.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.9 · 2022=32.8 · 2023=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.8 · 763% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO LKQ BIRMINGHAM
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LKQ BIRMINGHAM (0.2 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. averages 16.8 TCR (763% of the Parts, used, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. TCR series: 2021=8.9 · 2022=32.8 · 2023=8.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. falls in its industry

235 Parts, used, motor vehicle, me establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Parts, used, motor vehicle, me employers in New York.

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. (85 employees, TCR 16.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Engine Components, Inc.
Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. (85 employees, TCR 16.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Buffalo Engine Components, Inc. has more employees than the Parts, used, motor vehicle, merchant who median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 8.6 5.4 8 0 0
2022 32.8 21.9 15 0 0
2021 8.9 5.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · NY · Buffalo

235 Parts, used, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, 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 LKQ BIRMINGHAM 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1725 LKQ 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1771 3274 LKQ Lincoln 17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1711 Adelanto 15.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Taconic Biosciences, Inc. Worldwide Corporate Headquarters 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&T Construction - Other 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keeler Construction 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brawdy Construction, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR Fire #8 15 W. 1300 So. 16.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Howie's Enterprises LLC 16.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-AA-JAX-JACKSONVILLE-JAX-TRML 16.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZPMB 16.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Continuous Coating Corporation 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE NJ CBS Montvale 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kane Hardwood 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Classic Healthcare Systems dba Franklin Ridge 85 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.