Flour mills, breakfast cereal, manufacturing · New York
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant
Buffalo, NY · ~300 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flour mills, breakfast cereal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant: 5.1 TCR = 153% of Flour mills, breakfast cereal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant safety composite
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.5
2021→2024
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant injury rate improved
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.2 in 2021 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=4.2 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=3.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311230 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 153% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK P22
- PHOTO Betty Lou's Inc.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 52 inj
- SIZE ~300 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Betty Lou's Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)
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General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Treehouse Food
Treehouse Foods
5.5 TCR
- The Weetabix C
The Weetabix Company Inc.
5.4 TCR
- Betty Lou's In
Betty Lou's Inc.
5.3 TCR
- This site
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant
5.1 TCR
- Gilster Mary L
Gilster Mary Lee McBride Popcorn and Cereal Plant
4.7 TCR
What this shows General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant averages 5.1 TCR (153% of the Flour mills, breakfast cereal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant TCR series: 2021=4.2 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant falls in its industry
60 Flour mills, breakfast cereal, establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
General Mills, Inc. Buffalo, NY - Cereal Plant has more employees than the Flour mills, breakfast cereal, manufactu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311230 · NY · Buffalo
60 Flour mills, breakfast cereal, 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 | Betty Lou's Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gilster Mary Lee McBride Popcorn and Cereal Plant | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Weetabix Company Inc. | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Treehouse Foods | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Store 3 | 300 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HP Hood, LLC | 300 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 300 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Viele Manufacturing | 300 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 | Nutrition Services, Inc. | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Taubensee Steel & Wire Henderson Plant | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 172 - MD Evansville | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Georgetown Community Hospital | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | PAM Specialty Hospital of San Antonio South | 300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bay Ltd. @ Formosa Pt. Comfort | 300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DDX2 | 300 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DAU5 | 300 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.