Abrasive products manufacturing · New York

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc.

Niagara Falls, NY · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Abrasive products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc.: 12.0 TCR = 363% of Abrasive products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. safety composite

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−4.5

2016→2018

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. injury rate improved

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 18.5 in 2016 to 14.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.5 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=14.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · Niagara Falls, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 363% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Gardner Abrasives
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gardner Abrasives (0.3 TCR gap)

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Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. averages 12.0 TCR (363% of the Abrasive products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. TCR series: 2016=18.5 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=14 · BLS 3.3

Where Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. falls in its industry

90 Abrasive products manufacturin establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Abrasive products manufacturin employers in New York.

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc.
Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. has fewer employees than the Abrasive products manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2018 14.0 8.4 4 1 0
2017 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2016 18.5 11.1 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · NY · Niagara Falls

90 Abrasive products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 107 employers in Niagara Falls, 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 Gardner Abrasives 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carbide Industries, LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leaders Manufacturing, Inc. 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint-Gobain Northampton 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Donald DeMarree Fruit Farm, inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillcrest Holsteins, LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Royal-J-Acres, LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCollum Farms, Inc 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Venture Forthe 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sevenson overall injury report 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Company 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1909 421 FTE
NAT-TCR Trinity Construction Products, Inc. 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CNH_Fargo 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trig's Everest Metro 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy LIFE of Massachussetts 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grand Forks Herald - Production Plant 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE La Feria HAR 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Earlington 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchor - Milford 33 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.