Commercial printing (except screen, books) · New York

Graphic Controls

Name: Graphic Controls Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, NY · ~314 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Graphic Controls runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial printing (except screen, books) workplace, earning a grade D.

Graphic Controls: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Commercial printing (except screen, books) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Graphic Controls safety composite

Graphic Controls scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2016→2018

Graphic Controls injury rate improved

Graphic Controls's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.4 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #89/106
PHOTO DC Manufacturing Net…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~314 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DC Manufacturing Network (0.0 TCR gap)

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LOMIRA WI

4.4
This site

4.3
DC Manufacturi

4.3
EFFINGHAM IL N

4.3
MARTINSBURG WV

4.3

What this shows Graphic Controls averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Commercial printing (except screen, books) BLS benchmark).

Graphic Controls TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Graphic Controls falls in its industry

2,001 Commercial printing (except sc establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

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 #89 safest of 106 Commercial printing (except sc employers in New York.

Graphic Controls (314 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Graphic Controls has more employees than the Commercial printing (except screen, book median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018	3.4	0.6	3	8
2017	5.2	3.0	9	5
2016	4.4	2.6	12	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · NY · Buffalo

2,001 Commercial printing (except screen, books) 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	DC Manufacturing Network	FAIRFAX, VA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EFFINGHAM IL NICCUM FACILITY	EFFINGHAM, IL	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MARTINSBURG WV BOOK - BAKER RD	MARTINSBURG, WV	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LOMIRA WI	LOMIRA, WI	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Buckingham Mfg. Co. Inc.	BINGHAMTON	314 FTE
STATE-SIZE	10162 Union Square	NEW YORK	314 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2451 - Flushing	FLUSHING	314 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2992	PAINTED POST	314 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	St. Anne Center	Rockford, IL	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Fresh Market 060	Columbus, OH	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #5 (Depere, WI)	Depere, WI	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Morrisville RAL	Morrisville, NC	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Open Systems Healthcare - Reading	Wyomissing, PA	314 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CHI Health Nebraska Heart	Lincoln, NE	314 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Planned Parenthood of Southern New England	New Haven, CT	314 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cox Communications - KS COE	Wichita, KS	314 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.