Thrift shops, used merchandise · New York

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street

Name: Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, NY · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Thrift shops, used merchandise workplace, earning a grade D.

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street: 4.4 TCR = 129% of Thrift shops, used merchandise BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street safety composite

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street: 3.3 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street's TCR rose 2.2 from 3.3 in 2023 to 5.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 129% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #21/33
PHOTO Goodwill Industries …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. NW Highway (0.0 TCR gap)

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Springfield

4.4
Alverser (#22)

4.4

What this shows Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street averages 4.4 TCR (129% of the Thrift shops, used merchandise BLS benchmark).

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street TCR series: 2023=3.3 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street falls in its industry

1,556 Thrift shops, used merchandise establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 33 Thrift shops, used merchandise employers in New York.

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street (54 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Goodwill Industries of WNY - William Street has more employees than the Thrift shops, used merchandise median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2024	5.5	1.8	3	0	0
2023	3.3	3.3	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · NY · Buffalo

1,556 Thrift shops, used merchandise 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	Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. NW Highway	GARLAND, TX	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Goodwill Industries of South Central California-Coffee Rd	BAKERSFIELD, CA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Springfield	SPRINGFIELD, NJ	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alverser (#22)	MIDLOTHIAN, VA	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lincoln Dairy	AUBURN	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kast Farms Inc.	ALBION	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Roseton Generating LLC	NEWBURGH	54 FTE
STATE-SIZE	W. 30th Street Substation	NEW YORK	54 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	Johnson Wilson Constructors	Duluth, MN	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	SVRC Industries, Inc.	Saginaw, MI	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wheeler Nursing and Rehabilitation	Wheeler, TX	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shenandoah Industrial Rubber Company	Salem, VA	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sungwon Catonsville LLC	Catonsville, MD	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CBSI Marshall	Marshall, VA	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Scotts Company - Linden	Linden, CA	54 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Preferred Electrical Contractors, Inc.	New Berlin, WI	54 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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