Fuel cells, electrochemical generators, manufacturing · New York

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory

West Henrietta, NY · ~326 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fuel cells, electrochemical generators, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Fuel cells, electrochemical generators, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory safety composite

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory held a steady TCR band

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.6 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.6 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335999 · West Henrietta, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #11/21
  • PHOTO RICHMOND OAKLEYS POW…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~326 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RICHMOND OAKLEYS POWER DISTRIBUTION INC (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · New York employers → · Look up another →

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Fuel cells, electrochemical generators, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory falls in its industry

219 Fuel cells, electrochemical ge establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 21 Fuel cells, electrochemical ge employers in New York.

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory (326 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory
Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory (326 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory has more employees than the Fuel cells, electrochemical generators, 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.7 1.5 8 0 0
2023 2.4 0.9 5 3 0
2022 1.6 0.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335999 · NY · West Henrietta

219 Fuel cells, electrochemical generators, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 21 employers in West Henrietta, 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 RICHMOND OAKLEYS POWER DISTRIBUTION INC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Technibus - Canton 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plug Power Vista Blvd 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BK Corrosion Houston 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Pace Companies New York LLC 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE Urban Foundation Engineering 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE INFICON 326 FTE
STATE-SIZE Certo Brothers 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lewis Tree Service, Inc. Corporate Office 4,947 FTE
CITY-NEAR CooperVision West Henrietta Distribution & Packaging Center 600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Henrietta Distribution Center 515 FTE
NAT-TCR MLK 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Stuchell Products 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin Cities Orthopedics - Plymouth 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bison Transport USA - Amherst 326 FTE
NAT-SIZE SG360 Wolf 326 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - SMO1 326 FTE
NAT-SIZE MedVet Chicago 326 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.