Mechanical contractors · New York

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc.

Buffalo, NY · ~33 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 71% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. safety composite

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. held a steady TCR band

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #89/297
  • PHOTO Mechanical Electrica…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing Partners (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · New York employers → · Look up another →

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (71% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=8 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 297 Mechanical contractors employers in New York.

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. (33 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate K&E Fabricating Co., Inc.
K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. (33 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

K&E Fabricating Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.0 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NY · Buffalo

5,793 Mechanical contractors 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 Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing Partners 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Water 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Dallas) 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BION, inc. 2.0 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 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 Waltco 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lafarge 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR US Zinc Millington Plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BHE - Pueblo S Victoria Ave (CO010) 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cargill Animal Nutrition 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBLM - McChord Food Services 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herculaneum 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrington Industrial Laundry 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.