Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing · New York

DKP Buffalo, LLC

Name: DKP Buffalo, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Tonawanda, NY · ~110 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DKP Buffalo, LLC runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

DKP Buffalo, LLC: 6.5 TCR = 196% of Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DKP Buffalo, LLC safety composite

DKP Buffalo, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.5

2019→2020

DKP Buffalo, LLC injury rate improved

DKP Buffalo, LLC's TCR fell 3.5 from 8.2 in 2019 to 4.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.2 · 2020=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336211 · Tonawanda, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 196% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #4/11
PHOTO IEC Pelham
BOOK 2y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IEC Pelham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Constellium Au

6.5

What this shows DKP Buffalo, LLC averages 6.5 TCR (196% of the Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

DKP Buffalo, LLC TCR series: 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where DKP Buffalo, LLC falls in its industry

470 Automobile bodies, passenger c establishments

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

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Automobile bodies, passenger c employers in New York.

DKP Buffalo, LLC (110 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5

DKP Buffalo, LLC has more employees than the Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufa 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
2020	4.7	2.4	4	0	0
2019	8.2	7.5	12	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336211 · NY · Tonawanda

470 Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, 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	IEC Pelham	PELHAM, AL	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KTEC NC	NEW CARLISLE, OH	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Knapheide Truck Equipment Company	JEFFERSONVILLE, IN	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Constellium Automotive Structures and Industry-White, GA	WHITE, GA	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NYSEG Ithaca	ITHACA	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	S WATERTOWN SERV CENTER BLDG A-NYAF	WATERTOWN	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GCT JV Constructors	NEW YORK	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eldor Contracting Corp	HOLTSVILLE	110 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tonawanda Engine Plant	Tonawanda	1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC	Tonawanda	1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Praxair Technology Center	Tonawanda	1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Linde Inc.	Tonawanda	986 FTE
NAT-TCR	Carlyle Place, Navicent Health	Macon, GA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arden Courts of Palm Harbor	Palm Harbor, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	79 Crossing	St. Peters, MO	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System	Mattoon, IL	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mercer Bucks Orthopaedics, P.C.	Hamilton, NJ	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ASI Dallas Plant	Dallas, TX	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Seadrift Coke L.P.	Port Lavaca, TX	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant 08 - Tem	Temecula, CA	110 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. 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.