Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · New York

L & S Metals, Inc.

North Tonawanda, NY · ~21 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L & S Metals, Inc. runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

L & S Metals, Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 35% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L & S Metals, Inc. safety composite

L & S Metals, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

L & S Metals, Inc. held a steady TCR band

L & S Metals, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · North Tonawanda, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/58
  • PHOTO SHEET METAL
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SHEET METAL (0.0 TCR gap)

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L & S Metals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L & S Metals, Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (35% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

L & S Metals, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where L & S Metals, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #6 safest of 58 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in New York.

L & S Metals, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate L & S Metals, Inc.
L & S Metals, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

L & S Metals, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · NY · North Tonawanda

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 60 employers in North Tonawanda, 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 SHEET METAL 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Facility 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glendale Heights (310) 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAC - IL 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chambers Valley Farms, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mulligan Family Farm LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dziedzic Farms LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Hollow Dairy LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4597 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4597 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northgate Health Care Facility 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health DeGraff Memorial Hospital 227 FTE
NAT-TCR Ryder 4303 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Monson Contracting - Britt 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Composites One LLC - Goshen 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gary Little Construction, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jim Reif Builders Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Performance Insulation - Central Oregon 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle Ludington 21 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.