Drives, high-speed industrial (except hydrostatic), manufacturing · New York
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations
Tonawanda, NY · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drives, high-speed industrial (except hydrostatic), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Drives, high-speed industrial (except hydrostatic), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations safety composite
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations: 6.2 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2024
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations's TCR rose 1.1 from 6.2 in 2023 to 7.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333612 · Tonawanda, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #8/11
- PHOTO Penn Machine Company…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Penn Machine Company LLC - Johnstown (0.1 TCR gap)
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Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Superior Gearb
Superior Gearbox Company
7.4 TCR
- Perfection Gea
Perfection Gear
7.2 TCR
- This site
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations
6.8 TCR
- Penn Machine C
Penn Machine Company LLC - Johnstown
6.7 TCR
- SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-EURODRIVE INC.
6.3 TCR
What this shows Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Drives, high-speed industrial (except hydrostatic), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations TCR series: 2023=6.2 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations falls in its industry
106 Drives, high-speed industrial establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Drives, high-speed industrial employers in New York.
Gear Motions - Buffalo Operations has fewer employees than the Drives, high-speed industrial (except hy median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333612 · NY · Tonawanda
106 Drives, high-speed industrial (except hydrostatic), 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Penn Machine Company LLC - Johnstown | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Perfection Gear | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SEW-EURODRIVE INC. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Gearbox Company | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Schofield Farms LLC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CSS Farms - Bliss | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1482 West Genesee Road, Baldwinsville NY | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 166 Gary Dr., Brockport, NY 14420 | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tonawanda Engine Plant | 1,623 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC | 1,396 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Praxair Technology Center | 1,039 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linde Inc. | 986 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Avista Pullman | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | W.L. Roenigk, Inc. - Allison Park | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eataly Dallas | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PASR | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Prairieland Dairy | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Woods at Merrimack | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maple Brook Terrace | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fountain Crest | 32 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.