Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard · New York

Caraustar Buffalo

Cheektowaga, NY · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caraustar Buffalo runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

Caraustar Buffalo: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caraustar Buffalo safety composite

Caraustar Buffalo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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→2020

Caraustar Buffalo injury rate improved

Caraustar Buffalo's TCR fell 5.5 from 7.4 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322219 · Cheektowaga, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P37
  • PHOTO Aspen Products - Eas…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aspen Products - East (VA) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caraustar Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caraustar Buffalo averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Caraustar Buffalo TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Caraustar Buffalo falls in its industry

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfib establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Caraustar Buffalo (26 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Caraustar Buffalo
Caraustar Buffalo (26 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Caraustar Buffalo has fewer employees than the Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2019 7.4 7.4 2 0 0
2018 7.7 3.9 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.4 3.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322219 · NY · Cheektowaga

140 Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 150 employers in Cheektowaga, 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 Aspen Products - East (VA) 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dart Container Fiber 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Palataka Tube Plant 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Ammunition Container, Inc. 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Volles Dairy Farm, LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE RG&E Mushroom Blvd 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE RG&E Fillmore 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Fulton 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Office of Field Operations - Buffalo 1,643 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Force 548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus 457 FTE
CITY-NEAR Visiting Nurses Association - Erie 407 FTE
NAT-TCR Innovative Companies 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : PVD - Providence 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Northbrook - LRS 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1805 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metals USA 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly 196 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whaley Foodservice-Raleigh 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parsec Ft. Lauderdale 26 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, 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.