Metal service centers and other metal merchant who · New York

Upstate Steel Inc.

Buffalo, NY · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Upstate Steel Inc. runs at 701% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal service centers and other metal merchant who workplace, earning a grade F.

Upstate Steel Inc.: 15.4 TCR = 701% of Metal service centers and other metal merchant who BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Upstate Steel Inc. safety composite

Upstate Steel Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−15.1

2016→2021

Upstate Steel Inc. injury rate improved

Upstate Steel Inc.'s TCR fell 15.1 from 25.6 in 2016 to 10.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.6 · 2018=15.9 · 2019=16.0 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=10.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 701% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/20
  • PHOTO STEEL SERVICES, INC.…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STEEL SERVICES, INC. ROANOKE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Upstate Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Upstate Steel Inc. averages 15.4 TCR (701% of the Metal service centers and other metal merchant who BLS benchmark).

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

Upstate Steel Inc. TCR series: 2016=25.6 · 2018=15.9 · 2019=16 · 2020=9 · 2021=10.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Upstate Steel Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Metal service centers and othe establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 20 Metal service centers and othe employers in New York.

Upstate Steel Inc. (34 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Upstate Steel Inc.
Upstate Steel Inc. (34 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Upstate Steel Inc. has fewer employees than the Metal service centers and other metal me median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021 10.6 0.0 4 0 0
2020 9.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 16.0 2.7 6 0 0
2018 15.9 5.3 6 0 0
2016 25.6 3.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NY · Buffalo

1,299 Metal service centers and other metal merchant who 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 STEEL SERVICES, INC. ROANOKE 15.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISSC INC DBA SEAPORT STEEL 15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR POSCO AAPC LLC Indiana 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacesetter - Chicago 14.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reeves Farms LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glenview Dairy LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashland Farm LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Porterdale Farms Inc. 34 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 067/Belleville 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Indio Location 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NICKLES-GIRARD 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Solvang - Resort 15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Solstice Senior Living at Auburn 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solstice Senior Living at Fenton 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solstice Senior Living at Grand Valley 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fontana- Leasing 34 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, 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.