Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · New York

Niagara Refining LLC

Name: Niagara Refining LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Depew, NY · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Niagara Refining LLC runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Niagara Refining LLC: 2.8 TCR = 86% of Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Niagara Refining LLC safety composite

Niagara Refining LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Niagara Refining LLC: 1.7 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2022

Niagara Refining LLC's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.7 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Depew, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 86% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #10/18
PHOTO SII Tuscaloosa
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SII Tuscaloosa (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Niagara Refining LLC averages 2.8 TCR (86% of the Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Niagara Refining LLC TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Niagara Refining LLC falls in its industry

418 Tungsten compounds, not specif establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Tungsten compounds, not specif employers in New York.

Niagara Refining LLC (48 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Niagara Refining LLC has fewer employees than the Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewh 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
2022	3.8	3.8	2
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	5.9	1.9	3
2018	1.7	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · NY · Depew

418 Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 61 employers in Depew, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SII Tuscaloosa	TUSCALOOSA, AL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ascensus Specialties, LLC	NEWBURYPORT, MA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thatcher Company Inc	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Evonik Corporation	CHESTER, PA	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kreher Enterprises LLC	CLARENCE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SENECA STREET CREW LOCATION-NY04	SCHENECTADY	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NIAGARA FALLS SERVICE CENTER-NY37	NIAGARA FALLS	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Enbridge St. Lawrence Gas - Massena	MASSENA	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PCB Piezotronics	Depew	617 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Losson Road	Depew	526 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wegmans Losson Road 087	Depew	521 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wegmans Dick Road 080	Depew	457 FTE
NAT-TCR	Albany Warehouse	Albany, GA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Main Branch	Grand Rapids, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Campanella Corporation	Hayward, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Flint Mi - Pes	Flint, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Food Giant #535	Jackson, TN	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Food Giant #541	Lexington, TN	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Market Place #628	Citronelle, AL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Woodlands of Shaker Heights	Shaker Heights, OH	48 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.