Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · New York
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo
Cheektowaga, NY · ~83 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo: 2.4 TCR = 110% of Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo safety composite
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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
−1.0
2016→2023
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo injury rate improved
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.4 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424820 · Cheektowaga, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 110% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #16/39
- PHOTO 4818-48180055-6290 S…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~83 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4818-48180055-6290 SHELBY VIEW DR.-WC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Empire Merchants North-Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo
2.4 TCR
- 4818-48180055-
4818-48180055-6290 SHELBY VIEW DR.-WC
2.4 TCR
- 738 YOUNG S MA
738 YOUNG S MARKET-TUSTIN
2.4 TCR
- Vintage Wine D
Vintage Wine Distributor Columbus
2.4 TCR
- Mutual Distrib
Mutual Distributing Company -New Bern
2.4 TCR
What this shows Empire Merchants North-Buffalo averages 2.4 TCR (110% of the Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Empire Merchants North-Buffalo falls in its industry
735 Wine and Distilled Alcoholic B establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 39 Wine and Distilled Alcoholic B employers in New York.
Empire Merchants North-Buffalo has fewer employees than the Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Me median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424820 · NY · Cheektowaga
735 Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers 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 | 4818-48180055-6290 SHELBY VIEW DR.-WC | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 738 YOUNG S MARKET-TUSTIN | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vintage Wine Distributor Columbus | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mutual Distributing Company -New Bern | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Willow Bend Farm | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NYSEG Plattsburgh | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 59th Street Generating Station | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | QUEENS SERVICE CENTER-NY71 | 83 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 | Es-Ascension Macomb- | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6340-VIKING-001020_US_S0628 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hunter Douglas | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eversource - Springfield (Roosevelt Ave) | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Monterrey Iron and Metal, LTD | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Duval Cty #8 | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mittera - Indiana | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bangor Me (Hampden) | 83 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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