Natural Gas Distribution · New York

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36)

Name: Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, NY · ~507 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36): 2.2 TCR = 181% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) safety composite

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2016→2019

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) injury rate improved

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36)'s TCR fell 1.0 from 2.8 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 181% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #20/54
PHOTO BECKLEY SERVICE CENTER
BOOK 4y book
INJ 47 inj
SIZE ~507 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BECKLEY SERVICE CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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BECKLEY SERVIC

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677 - IL Gas P

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Clean Energy

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What this shows Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) averages 2.2 TCR (181% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 54 Natural Gas Distribution employers in New York.

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) (507 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Buffalo Kensington (Ny36) has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019	1.8	0.7	10	0
2018	1.7	1.0	10	0
2017	2.4	1.3	13	0
2016	2.8	1.3	14	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · NY · Buffalo

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BECKLEY SERVICE CENTER	BECKLEY, WV	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lowell	72745 - LOWELL, AR	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	677 - IL Gas Pipeline Safety	PAWNEE, IL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Clean Energy	NEWPORT BEACH, CA	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pactiv Canandaigua Manufacturing Plant	CANANDAIGUA	507 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kodak Alaris Rochester NY	ROCHESTER	507 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria	ASTORIA	507 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wegmans Ithaca 071	ITHACA	507 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buffalo General Hospital	Buffalo	3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Hospital of Buffalo	Buffalo	2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WNY Independent Living, Inc.	Buffalo	1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital	Buffalo	1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR	knoxville terminal	Knoxville, TN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jim Norton Collision Center	Tulsa, OK	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	NOTS Logistics LLC	White, GA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Padgett Services, LLC	Canton, GA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Langham Huntington, Pasadena	Pasadena, CA	507 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CC Lyndhurst Campus	Lyndhurst, OH	507 FTE
NAT-SIZE	District 2	Redding, CA	507 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tinton Falls (Njtin)	Tinton Falls, NJ	507 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.