Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing · New York

Linde - Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Linde - Buffalo runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Linde - Buffalo: 5.6 TCR = 171% of Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Linde - Buffalo safety composite

Linde - Buffalo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Linde - Buffalo held a steady TCR band

Linde - Buffalo's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325120 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 171% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Jessup
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jessup (0.0 TCR gap)

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Linde - Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Linde - Buffalo averages 5.6 TCR (171% of the Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Linde - Buffalo TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Linde - Buffalo falls in its industry

295 Gases, industrial (i.e., compr establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Gases, industrial (i.e., compr employers in New York.

Linde - Buffalo (36 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 020406080100120 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Linde - Buffalo
Linde - Buffalo (36 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Linde - Buffalo has fewer employees than the Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liq median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2017 8.5 6.4 4 0 0
2016 4.3 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325120 · NY · Buffalo

295 Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), 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 Jessup 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOLSTON GASES # 06 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beatrice, NE 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Madison Dry Ice Plant 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE CY Farms, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry W. Agle and Sons, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hansen Farms, LLC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Preble Hill Farms LLC 36 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 Rohrer 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SCC of Colonial Oaks Rehabilitation Center 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern GMC Kia - Greenbrier 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LifeShare Blood Center - Alexandria 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lex Rd 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE MaineGeneral Rehab & Long Term Care - Alzheimers Care Center 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Driscoll/Pierson Joint Venture 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Technologies 86 36 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.

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

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