Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) · New York
General Mills (Buffalo Flour)
Buffalo, NY · ~94 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Mills (Buffalo Flour) runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) workplace, earning a grade C.
General Mills (Buffalo Flour): 3.0 TCR = 92% of Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Mills (Buffalo Flour) safety composite
General Mills (Buffalo Flour) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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%).
Rising injury rate
General Mills (Buffalo Flour): 2.4 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2020
General Mills (Buffalo Flour)'s TCR rose 2.2 from 2.4 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311211 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #7/11
- PHOTO Ardent Mills Colton
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ardent Mills Colton (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Mills (Buffalo Flour) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Azteca Milling
Azteca Milling
3.1 TCR
- This site
General Mills (Buffalo Flour)
3 TCR
- Ardent Mills C
Ardent Mills Colton
3 TCR
- Ardent Mills H
Ardent Mills Harvey
3 TCR
- Chicago Flour
Chicago Flour Mill
3 TCR
What this shows General Mills (Buffalo Flour) averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) BLS benchmark).
General Mills (Buffalo Flour) TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=4 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where General Mills (Buffalo Flour) falls in its industry
209 Flour mills, cereals grains (e establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Flour mills, cereals grains (e employers in New York.
General Mills (Buffalo Flour) has more employees than the Flour mills, cereals grains (except brea median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311211 · NY · Buffalo
209 Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) 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 | Ardent Mills Colton | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ardent Mills Harvey | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chicago Flour Mill | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Azteca Milling | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Adirondack Farms LLC | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | E. 16th St | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | National Fuel Gas Distribution Tonawanda Servicenter | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oldcastle Building Envelope | 94 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 | Jefferson Elementary | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Diamond Roofing Dodge City | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Matsu Fire Department | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 950 Market | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | High Cliff Estates-MHPI Properties | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | John J. Hainkel Home | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vanlaan | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TI Automotive - New Haven | 94 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.