Garbage collection services · New York

Buffalo Hauling

Tonawanda, NY · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Hauling runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Buffalo Hauling: 3.5 TCR = 137% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Hauling safety composite

Buffalo Hauling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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 Hauling held a steady TCR band

Buffalo Hauling's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.3 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.3 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Tonawanda, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 137% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #23/73
  • PHOTO Knott County
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knott County (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Hauling averages 3.5 TCR (137% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Hauling TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Buffalo Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 73 Garbage collection services employers in New York.

Buffalo Hauling (69 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Hauling
Buffalo Hauling (69 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Buffalo Hauling has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 3.2 3.2 3 0 0
2023 4.1 1.4 3 0 0
2022 3.3 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · NY · Tonawanda

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, 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 Knott County 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 201 - Athens 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR VF Hauling 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06991 - Butler Hauling 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marks Farms 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dairy Farm 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE R L Baxter Building 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverlining Interiors 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tonawanda Engine Plant 1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Praxair Technology Center 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR Linde Inc. 986 FTE
NAT-TCR Colorado Springs - Chestnut Street 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0239 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin Manufacturing 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0616 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Palm Bay - Division 3719 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE GENERAL TECHNOLOGIES - Seagoville 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE HQ Fallbrook 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forney 69 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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