Caterers · New York

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center

Name: Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, NY · ~175 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.0
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Caterers workplace, earning a grade C.

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center: 2.8 TCR = 92% of Caterers BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center safety composite

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−5.5

2016→2017

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center injury rate improved

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center's TCR fell 5.5 from 5.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722320 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 92% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/17
PHOTO Schwartz Brothers Ba…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~175 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schwartz Brothers Bakery- Renton (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7

What this shows Buffalo Niagara Convention Center averages 2.8 TCR (92% of the Caterers BLS benchmark).

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Buffalo Niagara Convention Center falls in its industry

207 Caterers establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Caterers employers in New York.

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center (175 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 158 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center has more employees than the Caterers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	5.5	3.7	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722320 · NY · Buffalo

207 Caterers 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	Schwartz Brothers Bakery- Renton	RENTON, WA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Char Steak and Lounge	ROCHESTER, NY	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lovin Oven Catering of Suffolk LLC	SAYVILLE, NY	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	731/OGG	KAHULUI, HI	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Land O'Lakes - Hicksville, NY	HICKSVILLE	175 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LNK - 55 Arkay	HAUPPAUGE	175 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dynabrade, Inc.	CLARENCE	175 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GE Inspection Technologies, LP	SKANEATELES	175 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	N and R of Tipton LLC	Tipton, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	0765 - Roseburg, or	Roseburg, OR	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	SG002 - Sage Ft. Collins	Ft. Collins, CO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Montvale	Blue Ridge, VA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	GEHC : Arlington Heights IL, LS	Arlington Heights, IL	175 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tri-City (Westville) (Inwes)	Tri-City, IN	175 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Santa Barbara (Castb)	Goleta, CA	175 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Riverwood Health and Rehabilitation	Starke, FL	175 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: 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.