Cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing · New York

HDM Hydraulics LLC

Tonawanda, NY · ~152 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HDM Hydraulics LLC runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

HDM Hydraulics LLC: 5.6 TCR = 169% of Cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HDM Hydraulics LLC safety composite

HDM Hydraulics LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−3.7

2017→2024

HDM Hydraulics LLC injury rate improved

HDM Hydraulics LLC's TCR fell 3.7 from 7.5 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.5 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=4.8 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333995 · Tonawanda, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 169% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Yates Cylinders Geor…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yates Cylinders Georgia (0.1 TCR gap)

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HDM Hydraulics LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows HDM Hydraulics LLC averages 5.6 TCR (169% of the Cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

HDM Hydraulics LLC TCR series: 2017=7.5 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=4.8 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where HDM Hydraulics LLC falls in its industry

137 Cylinders, fluid power, manufa establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Cylinders, fluid power, manufa employers in New York.

HDM Hydraulics LLC (152 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HDM Hydraulics LLC
HDM Hydraulics LLC (152 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6

HDM Hydraulics LLC has more employees than the Cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing 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 Fatalities
2024 3.9 0.6 6 0 0
2023 6.3 5.8 11 1 0
2021 4.8 4.8 7 0 0
2020 6.5 3.3 8 0 0
2019 4.3 2.5 6 1 0
2017 7.5 4.1 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333995 · NY · Tonawanda

137 Cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 134 employers in Tonawanda, 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 Yates Cylinders Georgia 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Wayne Manufacturing 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flickinger Ind, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bolt 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jamaica Cust Oper WO Location 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE BBL Construction Services, LLC 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE C M Richey Electrical Contractors, Inc. 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kennedy Mechanical Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tonawanda Engine Plant 1,623 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Praxair Technology Center 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR Linde Inc. 986 FTE
NAT-TCR Regency Technologies - Phoenix 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bear Mountain Dairy 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenyon Plastering of Stockton, Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR S05504 - WM Matawan Hauling 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Radiant Plumbing Services, Inc. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trans-Tech Inc. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Durham 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- St. Louis Facility 152 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.