Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · New York

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc.

Buffalo, NY · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. safety composite

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. held a steady TCR band

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 4.0 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.0 · 2018=7.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #11/32
  • PHOTO Jackson,MS - 239
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jackson,MS - 239 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=4 · 2018=7.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=4 · 2022=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. falls in its industry

952 Pallets, wood or wood and meta establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 32 Pallets, wood or wood and meta employers in New York.

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. (24 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Pallet Exchange Co., Inc.
Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. (24 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combinat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2022 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2017 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · NY · Buffalo

952 Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, 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 Jackson,MS - 239 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nefab Packaging South East, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cantarero Wauconda 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwood Pallet LLC 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bittner Singer Orchards 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wegmans Organic Farm 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawnel Farms 2 LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dairy 24 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 Decker Precision Machining, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Underground Company 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Massey Services 21 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Transport Corporation - Jacksonville 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mudshark Studios 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE IAD-SPF 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42 Oakwood 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flexcor Construction Services 24 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.