Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers · New York

TCH Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TCH Buffalo runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

TCH Buffalo: 4.0 TCR = 180% of Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TCH Buffalo safety composite

TCH Buffalo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.8

2021→2024

TCH Buffalo injury rate improved

TCH Buffalo's TCR fell 4.8 from 8.4 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 180% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #16/20
  • PHOTO 2807-109M
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2807-109M (0.0 TCR gap)

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TCH Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TCH Buffalo averages 4.0 TCR (180% of the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

TCH Buffalo TCR series: 2021=8.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.2

Where TCH Buffalo falls in its industry

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 20 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, employers in New York.

TCH Buffalo (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate TCH Buffalo
TCH Buffalo (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

TCH Buffalo has fewer employees than the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, sc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 8.4 8.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · NY · Buffalo

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers 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 2807-109M 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MO Rental AD Diamond - PLANO TX 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Bolt Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-102M 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rick Minkus Farms 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highbanks Dairy 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Slyke's Dairy Farm LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Synergy LLC 27 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 VB 7175 Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CB2 Rice Village #060 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ROR Delivery Inc 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lacey Grocery Outlet 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE ARC Abatement Denver 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Reynolda Road 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Droitcour Company 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunshine Key RV Resort & Marina 27 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, 2021. 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.