Home centers, building materials · New York
Valu Home Center #31
Buffalo, NY · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valu Home Center #31 runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Home centers, building materials workplace, earning a grade D.
Valu Home Center #31: 4.4 TCR = 129% of Home centers, building materials BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valu Home Center #31 safety composite
Valu Home Center #31 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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 #31: 0.0 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2022
Valu Home Center #31's TCR rose 8.7 from 0.0 in 2021 to 8.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444110 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 129% of ind
- DART 8.7 DART
- RANK #137/320
- PHOTO 1119 GREENVILLE
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~21 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 1119 GREENVILLE (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valu Home Center #31 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Valu Home Center #31
4.4 TCR
- 1119 GREENVILL
1119 GREENVILLE
4.4 TCR
- 2715 KENTWOOD
2715 KENTWOOD
4.4 TCR
- 1800 LOWE S OF
1800 LOWE S OF HARRIMAN TN
4.4 TCR
- 2826 LOWE S OF
2826 LOWE S OF N. FREDERICK MD
4.4 TCR
What this shows Valu Home Center #31 averages 4.4 TCR (129% of the Home centers, building materials BLS benchmark).
Valu Home Center #31 TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=8.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Valu Home Center #31 falls in its industry
6,309 Home centers, building materia establishmentsSafer than 56% 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 #137 safest of 320 Home centers, building materia employers in New York.
Valu Home Center #31 has fewer employees than the Home centers, building materials 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 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444110 · NY · Buffalo
6,309 Home centers, building materials 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 | 1119 GREENVILLE | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2715 KENTWOOD | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1800 LOWE S OF HARRIMAN TN | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2826 LOWE S OF N. FREDERICK MD | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Springbrook NY Inc - Scriven House | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DD BARTOW | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2030-UCPMC-90 GEIGER ROAD CRP | 21 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fluvanna Day Hab | 21 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 | Park Creek Place-P C | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gilbert 39330 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sahale Snacks Inc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bshsi St. Francis Mc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Quincy Hospice | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Acrylico, Inc. | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shelter Roofing & Solar Construction | 21 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kling Painting Inc | 21 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.