Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance · New York

Buffalo Fuel Corp.

Niagara Falls, NY · ~84 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Fuel Corp. runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Buffalo Fuel Corp.: 2.2 TCR = 50% of Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Fuel Corp. safety composite

Buffalo Fuel Corp. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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 Fuel Corp.: 1.0 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2023

Buffalo Fuel Corp.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 1.0 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Niagara Falls, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 50% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #6/21
  • PHOTO Specialty Delivery &…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Specialty Delivery & Logistics, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Fuel Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Fuel Corp. averages 2.2 TCR (50% of the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Fuel Corp. TCR series: 2017=1 · 2023=3.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Buffalo Fuel Corp. falls in its industry

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- employers in New York.

Buffalo Fuel Corp. (84 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Fuel Corp.
Buffalo Fuel Corp. (84 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Buffalo Fuel Corp. has more employees than the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 3.5 2.6 4 0 0
2017 1.0 1.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · NY · Niagara Falls

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 107 employers in Niagara Falls, 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 Specialty Delivery & Logistics, Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dixon Brothers Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HRS Transport, Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three Rivers Location 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Astoria Generating Station 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bonacio Construction, Inc. 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NY-Elmsford-Ridgewood Drive 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keleman-Bauer Construction Inc. DBA Edbauer Construction 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Venture Forthe 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sevenson overall injury report 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Company 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1909 421 FTE
NAT-TCR Essendant: Columbus OE 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Companies 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitehead Die Casting, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sacramento Pocket Grocery Outlet 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Industrial Ventilation, Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCR WCH (loc code: PHEOH1) 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wide Horizons Residential Care 84 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.