Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing · New York
Seal & Design Higbee Inc
Syracuse, NY · ~42 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Seal & Design Higbee Inc runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 24
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Seal & Design Higbee Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.6 to the Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (229% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Seal & Design Higbee Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Seal & Design Higbee Inc falls in its industry
242 Gasket, packing, and sealing d establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Gasket, packing, and sealing d employers in New York.
Trend analysis for Seal & Design Higbee Inc
Between 2016 and 2024, Seal & Design Higbee Inc's Total Case Rate improved from 2.6 to 2.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 25% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 2.0, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 17.4, a spread of 15.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Seal & Design Higbee Inc recorded 24 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 24 injuries shown on this page for Seal & Design Higbee Inc are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 339991 - Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 101,500 hours worked = 1.97 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Seal & Design Higbee Inc (this establishment) | 7.56 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Gaskets manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 339991 |
| New York state avg (all industries) | 4.67 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Seal & Design Higbee Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 9.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Seal & Design Higbee Inc's reported OSHA injury record versus its Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 229% of the Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing benchmark, Seal & Design Higbee Inc reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.