Airport lighting transformers manufacturing · New York

Niagara Transformer Corp

Buffalo, NY · ~84 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Niagara Transformer Corp runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Airport lighting transformers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Niagara Transformer Corp: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Airport lighting transformers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Niagara Transformer Corp safety composite

Niagara Transformer Corp scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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 Transformer Corp: 1.4 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2020

Niagara Transformer Corp's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.4 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335311 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Zumtobel Lighting
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zumtobel Lighting (0.0 TCR gap)

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Niagara Transformer Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Niagara Transformer Corp averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Airport lighting transformers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Niagara Transformer Corp TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.5 · 2020=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Niagara Transformer Corp falls in its industry

141 Airport lighting transformers establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Airport lighting transformers employers in New York.

Niagara Transformer Corp (84 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Niagara Transformer Corp
Niagara Transformer Corp (84 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Niagara Transformer Corp has fewer employees than the Airport lighting transformers manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.3 3.3 3 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2017 1.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335311 · NY · Buffalo

141 Airport lighting transformers 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 Zumtobel Lighting 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Springs - 101 Kuhlman Drive 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intermountain Electronics 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LINCOLN AVE WI 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Astoria Generating Station 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bonacio Construction, Inc. 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-NY-Elmsford-Ridgewood Drive 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keleman-Bauer Construction Inc. DBA Edbauer Construction 84 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 Fresh Ideas Management- Southwest Baptist University 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mariposa Market 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR FCA TRANSPORT LLC - Toledo 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amarillo Technical Center A 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mill 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE DEN 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE ANT 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frazee Construction 84 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, 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.