Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) · New York

Flexo Transparent

Name: Flexo Transparent Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, NY · ~124 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Flexo Transparent runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) workplace, earning a grade C.

Flexo Transparent: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flexo Transparent safety composite

Flexo Transparent scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Flexo Transparent: 2.5 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2018

Flexo Transparent's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.5 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #59/106
PHOTO Sun Newspapers of Li…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Newspapers of Lincoln Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ennis, Inc.

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What this shows Flexo Transparent averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS benchmark).

Flexo Transparent TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Flexo Transparent falls in its industry

2,001 Flexographic printing (except establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 106 Flexographic printing (except employers in New York.

Flexo Transparent (124 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Flexo Transparent has more employees than the Flexographic printing (except books, pri median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018	3.2	2.4	4	0	0
2017	2.5	1.7	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · NY · Buffalo

2,001 Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) 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	Sun Newspapers of Lincoln Inc	LINCOLN, NE	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Taylor Comms - York PA - 0222-PAYO1	YORK, PA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Diversified Label Images	IRONDALE, AL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ennis, Inc.	DEWITT, IA	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Henderson Johnson Co, Inc	SYRACUSE	124 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fire Research Corp	NESCONSET	124 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MFM Contracting Corp	MAMARONECK	124 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-Manhattan NE	NEW YORK	124 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	Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Production	Hazlehurst, MS	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	001-DAY	Dayton, OH	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Highland Park Manor	Okmulgee, OK	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	POET - Gowrie	Gowrie, IA	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rai Mx Cmh	Columbus, OH	124 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heritage Healthcare Center	Globe, AZ	124 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wheeling Machine Products - Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff, AR	124 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FTE Network Services	Naples, FL	124 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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