General Automotive Repair · New York

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt

Buffalo, NY · ~52 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Automotive Repair workplace, earning a grade D.

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt: 3.4 TCR = 162% of General Automotive Repair BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt safety composite

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−2.1

2016→2019

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt injury rate improved

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811111 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 162% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #9/20
  • PHOTO WM 6754
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WM 6754 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt averages 3.4 TCR (162% of the General Automotive Repair BLS benchmark).

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

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.8 · BLS 2.1

Where Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt falls in its industry

609 General Automotive Repair establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 20 General Automotive Repair employers in New York.

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt (52 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt
Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt (52 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Hunter Buffalo Peterbilt has more employees than the General Automotive Repair median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2019 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.8 0.0 4 0 0
2016 4.0 4.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811111 · NY · Buffalo

609 General Automotive Repair 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 WM 6754 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 6792 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7739 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beardstown Services 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Care, NY, LLC.-Riverhead 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE KW NJ, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMC 3 City Center 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Hudson 52 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 Diab Americas LP 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Station 211 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Admin Building 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0408 - Windows-Customer Care 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moser's Foods #9 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunting Energy Services, LLC Trenchless Division 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cosmetix West 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Albany Hauling 52 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: 2019, 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.