Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) · New York
Buffalo Newspress Inc.
Buffalo, NY · ~92 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Newspress Inc. runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) workplace, earning a grade D.
Buffalo Newspress Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Newspress Inc. safety composite
Buffalo Newspress Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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 Newspress Inc.: 4.2 → 12.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.15× in 2024
Buffalo Newspress Inc.'s TCR rose 8.6 from 4.2 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323111 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind
- DART 11.6 DART
- RANK #97/106
- PHOTO 4over International …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~92 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4over International LLC - NJ State (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Newspress Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buffalo Newspress Inc.
5.4 TCR
- 4over Internat
4over International LLC - NJ State
5.4 TCR
- Edina Manufact
Edina Manufacturing Network
5.4 TCR
- Capital Printi
Capital Printing Corporation
5.4 TCR
- CHARLOTTE NC -
CHARLOTTE NC - GRANITE ST
5.4 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Newspress Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Newspress Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2018=2.4 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=12.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Buffalo Newspress Inc. falls in its industry
2,001 Offset printing (except books, establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #97 safest of 106 Offset printing (except books, employers in New York.
Buffalo Newspress Inc. has more employees than the Offset printing (except books, printing median and a higher 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323111 · NY · Buffalo
2,001 Offset printing (except books, printing grey goods) 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 | 4over International LLC - NJ State | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Edina Manufacturing Network | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Capital Printing Corporation | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CHARLOTTE NC - GRANITE ST | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | UTY - New York - West Nyack,NY | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Main Office | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Huen New York | 92 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John Mills Electric, Inc. | 92 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 | Herbert C Haynes Inc | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bobcat of the Rockies - Golden | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JSA Company | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Theodore J. Katsiroubas Produce | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Casella Waste - Peabody Hauling | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carreon ag inc. | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mechanicsburg Warehouse | 92 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Janey Lou's Inc | 92 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.