Bits, rock drill, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing · New York

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo

Name: Derrick Corporation - Buffalo Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Buffalo, NY · ~426 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bits, rock drill, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Bits, rock drill, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo safety composite

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo: 1.1 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2018

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo's TCR rose 0.9 from 1.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333132 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK P42
PHOTO BASIC Compression, I…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~426 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BASIC Compression, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
Process Equipm

1.5

What this shows Derrick Corporation - Buffalo averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Bits, rock drill, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Derrick Corporation - Buffalo falls in its industry

316 Bits, rock drill, oil and gas establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo (426 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Derrick Corporation - Buffalo has more employees than the Bits, rock drill, oil and gas field-type median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2018	1.9	1.2	9	1
2017	1.6	1.2	5	2
2016	1.1	0.8	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333132 · NY · Buffalo

316 Bits, rock drill, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BASIC Compression, Inc.	HOUSTON, TX	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WOM - Subsea	HOUSTON, TX	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Process Equipment and Service Company	FARMINGTON, NM	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	APS Technology Connecticut	WALLINGFORD, CT	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GC Foods	SYRACUSE	426 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Manufacturing Plant - Corning	CORNING	426 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 2152	ALBANY	426 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H.O. Penn Machinery Company, Inc	POUGHKEEPSIE	426 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buffalo General Hospital	Buffalo	3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Hospital of Buffalo	Buffalo	2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WNY Independent Living, Inc.	Buffalo	1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital	Buffalo	1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR	Caterpillar Corinth MS VSI	Corinth, MS	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Continental Painting and Decorating, Inc.	Chicago, IL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Paradigm Precision - Malden Operations	Malden, MA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	TQM Roofing, Inc.	Statesville, NC	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JCH Medical Group - Pediatric Medicine	Jacksonville, IL	426 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Agnes Scott College	Decatur, GA	426 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Classic Graphics, LLC - Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	426 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6836-DAL	Dallas, TX	426 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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