Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) · New York

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC

Buffalo, NY · ~478 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC runs at 325% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) workplace, earning a grade F.

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC: 9.7 TCR = 325% of Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) BLS 3.0 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC safety composite

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−28.9

2016→2019

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC injury rate improved

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC's TCR fell 28.9 from 31.5 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 31.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=31.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 325% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #490/524
  • PHOTO BCATS ADMIN
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~478 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BCATS ADMIN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Sportservice, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Sportservice, LLC averages 9.7 TCR (325% of the Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC TCR series: 2016=31.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.7 · BLS 3.0

Where Buffalo Sportservice, LLC falls in its industry

6,952 Food concession contractors (e establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #490 safest of 524 Food concession contractors (e employers in New York.

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC (478 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Sportservice, LLC
Buffalo Sportservice, LLC (478 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Buffalo Sportservice, LLC has more employees than the Food concession contractors (e.g., conve median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 5 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 31.5 3.4 26 11 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · NY · Buffalo

6,952 Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities) 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 BCATS ADMIN 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT UM ORONO YORK DINING 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Collaboration Cafe 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Illinois Sportservice, Inc. 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2212 - Brooklyn Junction 478 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2811 - Bronx-Throggs Neck 478 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wegmans Calkins Rd. 022 477 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Student - East Main Street 479 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 Illinois Sportservice, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR QSI Wilkesboro 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 50050-Capstone Sprouts Wilmer 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gordon's Electric Inc 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cardinal IG - Greenfield IG 478 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boise (Idboi) 478 FTE
NAT-SIZE FLL - Ground Ops 478 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Controls Advanced Development Enginnering Center 478 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.