Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · New York

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo safety composite

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.7

2023→2024

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo injury rate improved

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.4 in 2023 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.4 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #30/87
  • PHOTO Vantec Falls City
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vantec Falls City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hutchinson Industries Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hutchinson Industries Buffalo averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Hutchinson Industries Buffalo falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 87 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in New York.

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo (63 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Hutchinson Industries Buffalo
Hutchinson Industries Buffalo (63 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Hutchinson Industries Buffalo has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 3.4 3.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NY · Buffalo

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing 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 Vantec Falls City 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Revere Plastics Systems, LLC- Clyde,OH 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goldshield 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR IPL Dayton, Inc. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMC East Ave 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE NY State Solar HQ 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresh Kills Substation 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE KJJ Industries LLC 63 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 Renal Home Patient - P and F (Waukegan IL USA - P and F) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bellows Plumbing, Heating & Air - Santa Cruz 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR League City 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mapei West Chicago 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Building Center Inc - Greensboro 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE 21-CLA 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merrill Gardens, LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE CBSI Springfield 63 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.