Home centers, building materials · New York
Valu Home Center #18
Niagara Falls, NY · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valu Home Center #18 runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Home centers, building materials workplace, earning a grade F.
Valu Home Center #18: 7.7 TCR = 227% of Home centers, building materials BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valu Home Center #18 safety composite
Valu Home Center #18 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.17 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%).
Rising injury rate
Valu Home Center #18: 8.4 → 18.4 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 26.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2024
Valu Home Center #18's TCR rose 10.0 from 8.4 in 2016 to 18.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 26.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444110 · Niagara Falls, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 227% of ind
- DART 9.2 DART
- RANK #266/320
- PHOTO 2375 LOWE S OF HUDSO…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 2375 LOWE S OF HUDSON MA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valu Home Center #18 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Valu Home Center #18
7.7 TCR
- 2375 LOWE S OF
2375 LOWE S OF HUDSON MA
7.7 TCR
- 1533 LOWE S OF
1533 LOWE S OF BLUFFTON SC
7.7 TCR
- 4501 WILLISTO
4501 WILLISTON
7.7 TCR
- 2807-2580
2807-2580
7.7 TCR
What this shows Valu Home Center #18 averages 7.7 TCR (227% of the Home centers, building materials BLS benchmark).
Valu Home Center #18 TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2017=26.4 · 2018=9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=18.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Valu Home Center #18 falls in its industry
6,309 Home centers, building materia establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #266 safest of 320 Home centers, building materia employers in New York.
Valu Home Center #18 has fewer employees than the Home centers, building materials median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 26.4 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444110 · NY · Niagara Falls
6,309 Home centers, building materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 107 employers in Niagara Falls, 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 | 2375 LOWE S OF HUDSON MA | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1533 LOWE S OF BLUFFTON SC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4501 WILLISTON | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2807-2580 | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bittner Singer Orchards | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wegmans Organic Farm | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lawnel Farms 2 LLC | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dairy | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Venture Forthe | 1,711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sevenson overall injury report | 588 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Company | 482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1909 | 421 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Tallahassee - 554R) | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Penn-Troy | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smd Logistics, Inc | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oak Creek Yard 717 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Georgetown PTI Garage | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Braun Construction Group | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA PA Macungie Facility 4323 | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eversource - Lancaster | 24 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.