Grocery Stores · New York
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, NY · ~162 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Niagara Falls runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery Stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Niagara Falls: 5.4 TCR = 160% of Grocery Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Niagara Falls safety composite
Niagara Falls scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Niagara Falls: 3.8 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2024
Niagara Falls's TCR rose 1.4 from 3.8 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Niagara Falls, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 160% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #667/1322
- PHOTO Lowes Foods #162
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~162 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #162 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Niagara Falls in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Niagara Falls
5.4 TCR
- Lowes Foods #1
Lowes Foods #162
5.4 TCR
- Alfredo Linare
Alfredo Linares Corp
5.4 TCR
- Store 0413
Store 0413
5.4 TCR
- 10720 Evergree
10720 Evergreen Park
5.4 TCR
What this shows Niagara Falls averages 5.4 TCR (160% of the Grocery Stores BLS benchmark).
Niagara Falls TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2021=2.4 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.4
Where Niagara Falls falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Stores establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #667 safest of 1322 Grocery Stores employers in New York.
Niagara Falls has more employees than the Grocery Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · NY · Niagara Falls
30,654 Grocery Stores 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 | Lowes Foods #162 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alfredo Linares Corp | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 0413 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10720 Evergreen Park | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sciame Construction, LLC | 162 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stebbins Engineering and Manufacturing Co. | 162 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Donato Plumbing Inc | 162 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DAY-NIGHT - 03 | 162 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 | Houston County Community Hospital | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Warrington | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McCall Farms INC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 21st Century Plastics Corporation | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Villa St Benedict | 162 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Forest Haven Nursing Home | 162 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chatham Village | 162 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corpus Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC | 162 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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