Breakfast cereals manufacturing · New York
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal)
Buffalo, NY · ~325 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Breakfast cereals manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal): 4.5 TCR = 137% of Breakfast cereals manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) safety composite
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal): 2.8 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2020
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal)'s TCR rose 2.3 from 2.8 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311230 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK P27
- PHOTO Joplin Cereal
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 73 inj
- SIZE ~325 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Joplin Cereal (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Gilster Mary L
Gilster Mary Lee McBride Popcorn and Cereal Plant
4.7 TCR
- Grain Millers
Grain Millers Inc.
4.6 TCR
- This site
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal)
4.5 TCR
- Joplin Cereal
Joplin Cereal
4.5 TCR
- Cherry
Cherry
4.4 TCR
What this shows General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Breakfast cereals manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) falls in its industry
60 Breakfast cereals manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
General Mills (Buffalo Cereal) has more employees than the Breakfast cereals manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311230 · NY · Buffalo
60 Breakfast cereals manufacturing 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 | Joplin Cereal | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grain Millers Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cherry | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gilster Mary Lee McBride Popcorn and Cereal Plant | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | VIELE | 325 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Quality Vision International, Inc | 325 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Servotronics, Inc | 325 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Empire Merchants North-Coxsackie | 325 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 | Alpha Packaging, CLE | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smithfield Foods | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Polytainers, Inc. - Lees Summit | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Lauderdale / Plantation | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 800 Nemera | 325 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MANN+HUMMEL Plant 3 Dunlap,TN | 325 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CNH Industrial - Benson | 325 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Medical City Green Oaks Hospital | 325 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.