Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing · New York

SMD

Utica, NY · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMD runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SMD: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMD safety composite

SMD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.6

2016→2022

SMD injury rate improved

SMD's TCR fell 7.6 from 13.2 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.2 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Utica, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO ALB
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ALB (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMD averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SMD TCR series: 2016=13.2 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where SMD falls in its industry

485 Brake fluid, synthetic, manufa establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 18 Brake fluid, synthetic, manufa employers in New York.

SMD (30 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 SMD
SMD (30 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

SMD has fewer employees than the Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 5.5 2.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2018 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2017 6.8 3.4 2 0 0
2016 13.2 9.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · NY · Utica

485 Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 148 employers in Utica, 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 ALB 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miami Products & Chemical Co. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tiarco Chemical 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portage Production Facility 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hemdale Farms Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE My Forest Foods 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Part 2 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.W. Patterson, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Resource Center for Independent Living 3,351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faxton St. Lukes 1,727 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Elizabeth Medical Center 1,324 FTE
CITY-NEAR Utica University 915 FTE
NAT-TCR Austin Utilities 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stone Plastics and Manufacturing 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora West Allis Medical Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunnyside Inn and Suites 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheffield Manor 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Itasca-Mantrap Cooperative Electrical Ass'n. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Chemical Menasha Mfg. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hard and Soft Fishing 30 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.