Natural science museums · New York
Buffalo Museum of Science
Buffalo, NY · ~73 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Museum of Science runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural science museums workplace, earning a grade D.
Buffalo Museum of Science: 4.3 TCR = 140% of Natural science museums BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Museum of Science safety composite
Buffalo Museum of Science scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.11 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%).
Rising injury rate
Buffalo Museum of Science: 2.1 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2019
Buffalo Museum of Science's TCR rose 2.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 712110 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 140% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #18/21
- PHOTO Norton Simon Museum
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Norton Simon Museum (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Museum of Science in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buffalo Museum of Science
4.3 TCR
- Norton Simon M
Norton Simon Museum
4.3 TCR
- NSU Art Museum
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
4.3 TCR
- Children's Mus
Children's Museum of the Sequoias
4.3 TCR
- Creative Disco
Creative Discovery Museum
4.3 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Museum of Science averages 4.3 TCR (140% of the Natural science museums BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Museum of Science TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.2 · BLS 3.1
Where Buffalo Museum of Science falls in its industry
246 Natural science museums establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 21 Natural science museums employers in New York.
Buffalo Museum of Science has fewer employees than the Natural science museums median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
712110 · NY · Buffalo
246 Natural science museums 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 | Norton Simon Museum | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Children's Museum of the Sequoias | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Creative Discovery Museum | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Southview Dairy | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Irish Welding & Irish Propane | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LSP NY | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BATAVIA SERVICE CENTER-NY35 | 73 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 | Hillcrest Center | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alside Window Company - Fife | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Tech Machinery (Denver, CO) | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chalet Navy Properties Limited Groton | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Woodridge Nursing & Rehabilitation | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Precision Edge Boyne | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Long Term Acute Care Hospital Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NDX Dodd | 73 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.