Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance · New York

HM Buffalo

Name: HM Buffalo Workplace Safety Data
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Lackawanna, NY · ~147 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HM Buffalo runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

HM Buffalo: 5.5 TCR = 121% of Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HM Buffalo safety composite

HM Buffalo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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 5.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.8

2017→2022

HM Buffalo injury rate improved

HM Buffalo's TCR fell 2.8 from 6.8 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2022=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Lackawanna, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 121% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #18/21
PHOTO Carlisle
BOOK 2y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carlisle (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.5
S07506 - WMHS

5.5
Carlisle

5.4
Western Dairy

5.4
CUCAMONGA TRAF

5.4

What this shows HM Buffalo averages 5.5 TCR (121% of the Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance BLS benchmark).

HM Buffalo TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2022=4.1 · BLS 4.5

Where HM Buffalo falls in its industry

1,026 Trucking, specialized freight establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

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 #18 safest of 21 Trucking, specialized freight employers in New York.

HM Buffalo (147 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

HM Buffalo has more employees than the Trucking, specialized freight (except us median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022	4.1	2.0	6	0	0
2017	6.8	4.1	9	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · NY · Lackawanna

1,026 Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 41 employers in Lackawanna, 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	Carlisle	MECHANICSBURG, PA	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Dairy Transport-Shallowater	SHALLOWATER, TX	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CUCAMONGA TRAFFIC	CUCAMONGA, CA	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S07506 - WMHS Phoenix	PHOENIX, AZ	5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	W. 49th Street Substation	NEW YORK	147 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BELLMORE-NY26	BELLMORE	147 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Barr & Barr, Inc.	NEW YORK	147 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kasselman Electric Co. Inc.	MENANDS	147 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Time Release Sciences Inc.	Lackawanna	210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	790 Ridge Road	Lackawanna	176 FTE
CITY-NEAR	790-BVS-790 RIDGE ROAD	Lackawanna	153 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hazmat Buffalo	Lackawanna	141 FTE
NAT-TCR	Greater Bridgeport Transit	Bridgeport, CT	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Anchor Abrasives Company	Tinley Park, IL	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	el super #43 lawndale	Lawndale, CA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	1019 Puyallup	Puyallup, WA	5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	North America Fuel Systems Remanufacturing	Kentwood, MI	147 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AMG Vanadium	Cambridge, OH	147 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZJOP	Joplin, MO	147 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Captive-Aire Systems Inc - Muskogee, OK	Raleigh, NC	147 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: 2022, 2017. 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.