ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair · New York

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~77 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair workplace, earning a grade A.

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo: 1.0 TCR = 35% of ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo safety composite

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo held a steady TCR band

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/67
  • PHOTO 241-Los Angeles
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 241-Los Angeles (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo averages 1.0 TCR (35% of the ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair BLS benchmark).

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

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo falls in its industry

1,138 ElevatorEscalator-Installation establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 67 ElevatorEscalator-Installation employers in New York.

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo (77 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo
Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo (77 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Otis Elevator Company-Buffalo has more employees than the ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Moderniza median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · NY · Buffalo

1,138 ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair 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 241-Los Angeles 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 090-Jacksonville 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro Door and Security, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Downtown North 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Delaney Associates, LP 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lantek Fiber Optic Service, Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vestal Asphalt Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Tunneling -New York 77 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 Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Downtown North 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Splash Pools & Construction 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Related Management Company LP The Avery 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MRC Ukiah Forestry 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amtech Elevator Company-Glendale 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.W. Bamford, Inc. 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tresco Paving Corporation 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gaylord Industries 77 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, 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.