Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), manufacturing · New York

U-C Coatings LLC

Buffalo, NY · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

U-C Coatings LLC runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

U-C Coatings LLC: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

U-C Coatings LLC safety composite

U-C Coatings LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

U-C Coatings LLC held a steady TCR band

U-C Coatings LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Blue Cube - Roberta …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blue Cube - Roberta Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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U-C Coatings LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows U-C Coatings LLC averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

U-C Coatings LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where U-C Coatings LLC falls in its industry

530 Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex establishments

Safer than 90% 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 #2 safest of 5 Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex employers in New York.

U-C Coatings LLC (35 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate U-C Coatings LLC
U-C Coatings LLC (35 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

U-C Coatings LLC has fewer employees than the Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), ma median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · NY · Buffalo

530 Paints, emulsion (i.e., latex paint), manufacturing 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 Blue Cube - Roberta Operations 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Willamette Valley Company - Site 16 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Powder Coating Plus, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR US MD Hagerstown Plant 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sandy Knoll Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE NY State Solar Farmingdale 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Facilities 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE RICHTER+RATNER CONTRACTING CORP 35 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 Goodwill Ind - NW Ohio Madison Avenue 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 49361j - Hyde Park Bin 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillyard Springfield 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Off Lease Only LLC Orlando 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miller-Leaman HQ 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modesto Specialty Food Ingredients 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-673-Pottery Barn 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-6065-Williams Sonoma 35 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: 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.