Buffalo Milk-Bone
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BUFFALO, NY | Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing
~231 avg employees | 4 years of OSHA data
Buffalo Milk-Bone has an average TCR of 1.5, which is 39% of the industry average (3.9) for Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for Buffalo Milk-Bone
Buffalo Milk-Bone operates an establishment with approximately 231 full-time equivalent workers in BUFFALO, NY, classified under the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing industry (NAICS 311111). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 14 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.9 for Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing, Buffalo Milk-Bone's workforce experiences 39% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Buffalo Milk-Bone as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Buffalo Milk-Bone's own 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 311111 — Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2021)
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.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 486,000 hours worked = 0.82 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Milk-Bone (this establishment) | 1.52 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing industry avg | 3.90 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311111 |
| New York state avg (all industries) | 20.55 | 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 Milk-Bone 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.
- 2021: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 0 reportable incidents · 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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