Engineering research and development laboratories or services · New York

Calspan Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~152 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Calspan Buffalo runs at 440% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Engineering research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

Calspan Buffalo: 2.2 TCR = 440% of Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Calspan Buffalo safety composite

Calspan Buffalo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Calspan Buffalo held a steady TCR band

Calspan Buffalo's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.2 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.2 · 2019=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.2 · 440% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO RealD Boulder
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RealD Boulder (0.0 TCR gap)

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Calspan Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Calspan Buffalo averages 2.2 TCR (440% of the Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Calspan Buffalo TCR series: 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.2 · BLS 0.5

Where Calspan Buffalo falls in its industry

319 Engineering research and devel establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Engineering research and devel employers in New York.

Calspan Buffalo (152 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Calspan Buffalo
Calspan Buffalo (152 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Calspan Buffalo has fewer employees than the Engineering research and development lab median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 2.2 0.0 3 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NY · Buffalo

319 Engineering research and development laboratories or services 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 RealD Boulder 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPG R&D - Jackson 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR C6-MD 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Groton CT 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jamaica Cust Oper WO Location 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE BBL Construction Services, LLC 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE C M Richey Electrical Contractors, Inc. 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kennedy Mechanical Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 152 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 MMG PSI (Pulmonary, Sleep, Intensivist) 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OK-OK 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Foster Botanical Gardens 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Standard Group - HQ 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dutchmen Plant 840 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Santa Rosa Health & Rehabilitation 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chrysler Headquarters and Technical Center (CTC) 152 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. 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.