Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) · New York

Buffalo Tungsten

Depew, NY · ~45 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Tungsten runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) workplace, earning a grade F.

Buffalo Tungsten: 7.1 TCR = 216% of Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Tungsten safety composite

Buffalo Tungsten scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−10.1

2017→2023

Buffalo Tungsten injury rate improved

Buffalo Tungsten's TCR fell 10.1 from 14.3 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.3 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Depew, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 216% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Remelt Sources Inc.,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Remelt Sources Inc., Darlington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Tungsten in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Tungsten averages 7.1 TCR (216% of the Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Tungsten TCR series: 2017=14.3 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Buffalo Tungsten falls in its industry

132 Secondary refining of nonferro establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Secondary refining of nonferro employers in New York.

Buffalo Tungsten (45 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Tungsten
Buffalo Tungsten (45 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Buffalo Tungsten has fewer employees than the Secondary refining of nonferrous metals median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2023 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2017 14.3 10.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · NY · Depew

132 Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 61 employers in Depew, 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 Remelt Sources Inc., Darlington 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanders Lead Company, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Luxfer Hart/Tamaqua 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calumet 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 827 - Barton Entertainment Co., LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schum-Acres Dairy OPS, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wayne County Fruit Sales, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8986 Locations 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCB Piezotronics 617 FTE
CITY-NEAR Losson Road 526 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Losson Road 087 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Dick Road 080 457 FTE
NAT-TCR Tucci & Sons, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Careone Harmony Village at Paramus 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Harmon Medical and Rehabilitation Hospital 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Raley's 319-Napa 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kilcor Construction LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casey Kia 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simplicity Homes - OR 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Krebs Brewing Co.,Inc 45 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: 2023, 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.