Duty free liquor shops · New York

DFA NB278 Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DFA NB278 Buffalo runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Duty free liquor shops workplace, earning a grade D.

DFA NB278 Buffalo: 6.2 TCR = 183% of Duty free liquor shops BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DFA NB278 Buffalo safety composite

DFA NB278 Buffalo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−4.8

2023→2024

DFA NB278 Buffalo injury rate improved

DFA NB278 Buffalo's TCR fell 4.8 from 8.6 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.6 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445310 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 183% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P38
  • PHOTO Martin Wine Cellar (…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Martin Wine Cellar (Uptown) (0.0 TCR gap)

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DFA NB278 Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DFA NB278 Buffalo averages 6.2 TCR (183% of the Duty free liquor shops BLS benchmark).

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

DFA NB278 Buffalo TCR series: 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where DFA NB278 Buffalo falls in its industry

39 Duty free liquor shops establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
DFA NB278 Buffalo (36 employees, TCR 6.2) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Edina - Grandview Liquor StoreMid-State Beverage CoTable & VineTwin Liquors, LPMartin Wine Cellar (Uptown)Martin Wine Cellar (Metairie)City of Edina - Southdale Liquor StoreLiquor HutchMartin Wine Cellar (New Orleans)ABC LiquorsDFA NB278 Buffalo
DFA NB278 Buffalo (36 employees, TCR 6.2) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.5

DFA NB278 Buffalo has fewer employees than the Duty free liquor shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2024 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 8.6 0.0 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445310 · NY · Buffalo

39 Duty free liquor shops 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 Martin Wine Cellar (Uptown) 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR THE HOUSE DE DIEGO 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Edina - Grandview Liquor Store 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martin Wine Cellar (New Orleans) 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CY Farms, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry W. Agle and Sons, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hansen Farms, LLC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Preble Hill Farms LLC 36 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 Plasman Precision Parts LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of King of Prussia 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 437 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sterling Rope 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dodge City Ks 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hurricane Ut 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE D56 Tulsa 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Platinum Distributing Inc. 36 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: 2024, 2023. 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.