Grocery stores · New York

Tops #227

East Amherst, NY · ~170 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tops #227 runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Tops #227: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tops #227 safety composite

Tops #227 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−3.7

2020→2022

Tops #227 injury rate improved

Tops #227's TCR fell 3.7 from 5.8 in 2020 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.8 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · East Amherst, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #288/1322
  • PHOTO Lowes Foods #151
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #151 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tops #227 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tops #227 averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Tops #227 TCR series: 2020=5.8 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Tops #227 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #288 safest of 1322 Grocery stores employers in New York.

Tops #227 (170 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Tops #227
Tops #227 (170 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Tops #227 has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2020 5.8 3.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NY · East Amherst

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 13 employers in East Amherst, 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 Lowes Foods #151 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FoodTown #005 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Fresh Grocer of Grays Ferry 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 049 PAPILLION 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE E. 110th St 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAY-NIGHT PLUMBING, HEATING & COOLING CORP. 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Katz Gluten Free 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tops 227 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Autism Learning Partners Buffalo 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Niagara County Produce 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Juniper Glen 51 FTE
NAT-TCR Martin's Counter Tops, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Games Workshop - Memphis 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR S04161 - Santa Ana Hauling 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Eramet Marietta Incorporated 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE UFP 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cullman 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lunds & Byerlys, Mitchell Road 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARCH Medical Solutions 170 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.