Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing · New York
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · ~170 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo runs at 538% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo: 17.8 TCR = 538% of Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo safety composite
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).
13/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
−4.6
2022→2024
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo injury rate improved
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo's TCR fell 4.6 from 21.1 in 2022 to 16.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 21.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=21.1 · 2023=15.7 · 2024=16.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311511 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 17.8 · 538% of ind
- DART 14.8 DART
- RANK #43/43
- PHOTO Open Gates Farmers A…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 85 inj
- SIZE ~170 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Open Gates Farmers All Natural Creamery (0.1 TCR gap)
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Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Main
Main
19.6 TCR
- This site
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo
17.8 TCR
- Open Gates Far
Open Gates Farmers All Natural Creamery
17.6 TCR
- 6962-SWY-0045-
6962-SWY-0045-0045-08416
17.4 TCR
- Prairie Farms
Prairie Farms Dairy - Carlinville
16.9 TCR
What this shows Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo averages 17.8 TCR (538% of the Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo TCR series: 2022=21.1 · 2023=15.7 · 2024=16.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo falls in its industry
457 Milk, fluid (except canned), m establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 43 Milk, fluid (except canned), m employers in New York.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Buffalo has more employees than the Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 21.1 | 14.1 | 28 | 11 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311511 · NY · Buffalo
457 Milk, fluid (except canned), 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 | Open Gates Farmers All Natural Creamery | 17.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6962-SWY-0045-0045-08416 | 17.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prairie Farms Dairy - Carlinville | 16.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Main | 19.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | E. 110th St | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DAY-NIGHT PLUMBING, HEATING & COOLING CORP. | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Katz Gluten Free | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Saint-Gobain Hoosick Falls | 170 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 | MACCRAY Secondary | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | QLS Apollo | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Surface Creations of Maine LLC | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GPM Landscape | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Heffron Company | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ambassador Centerville Management LLC | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Perquimans County | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morgan Olson Plants 1, 2, &3 | 170 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.