Engineering research and development laboratories or services · New York

Calspan Corporation - Niagara

Niagara Falls, NY · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Calspan Corporation - Niagara runs at 420% 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 Corporation - Niagara: 2.1 TCR = 420% of Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Calspan Corporation - Niagara safety composite

Calspan Corporation - Niagara scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Calspan Corporation - Niagara: 0.0 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2020

Calspan Corporation - Niagara's TCR rose 6.3 from 0.0 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Niagara Falls, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.1 · 420% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Parent/Research - H.…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parent/Research - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Calspan Corporation - Niagara in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Calspan Corporation - Niagara averages 2.1 TCR (420% 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 Corporation - Niagara TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.3 · BLS 0.5

Where Calspan Corporation - Niagara falls in its industry

319 Engineering research and devel establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #9 safest of 10 Engineering research and devel employers in New York.

Calspan Corporation - Niagara (54 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Corporation - Niagara
Calspan Corporation - Niagara (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Calspan Corporation - Niagara 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
2020 6.3 2.1 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NY · Niagara Falls

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 · 107 employers in Niagara Falls, 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 Parent/Research - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR IfA-Hilo 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Master Builders Solutions - Shakopee 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR UHM/CTAHR/TPSS 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lincoln Dairy 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kast Farms Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roseton Generating LLC 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE W. 30th Street Substation 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Venture Forthe 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sevenson overall injury report 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Company 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1909 421 FTE
NAT-TCR RBA Builders Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pro Comp Suspension LLC Tap Manufacturing 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Munn Enterprises, Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Environmental Services 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lakewood Elementary School 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunter Panels - Tooele 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baptist Memorials Services Elsie Gayer Facility 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 54 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.