Individual and family social services, multi-purpose · New York

WNY Independent Living, Inc.

Buffalo, NY · ~1,988 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WNY Independent Living, Inc. runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Individual and family social services, multi-purpose workplace, earning a grade F.

WNY Independent Living, Inc.: 8.5 TCR = 223% of Individual and family social services, multi-purpose BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WNY Independent Living, Inc. safety composite

WNY Independent Living, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−23.1

2016→2024

WNY Independent Living, Inc. injury rate improved

WNY Independent Living, Inc.'s TCR fell 23.1 from 23.8 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 23.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=23.8 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624190 · Buffalo, NY ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 223% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #89/107
  • PHOTO El Nido
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~1,988 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: El Nido (0.0 TCR gap)

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WNY Independent Living, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WNY Independent Living, Inc. averages 8.5 TCR (223% of the Individual and family social services, multi-purpose BLS benchmark).

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

WNY Independent Living, Inc. TCR series: 2016=23.8 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.8

Where WNY Independent Living, Inc. falls in its industry

990 Individual and family social s establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 107 Individual and family social s employers in New York.

WNY Independent Living, Inc. (1,988 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate WNY Independent Living, Inc.
WNY Independent Living, Inc. (1,988 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 3.4

WNY Independent Living, Inc. has more employees than the Individual and family social services, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.7 0.5 8 1 0
2023 0.9 0.8 11 0 0
2016 23.8 14.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624190 · NY · Buffalo

990 Individual and family social services, multi-purpose 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 El Nido 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anchor 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transition/School Program 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Youth Farm 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thompson Hospital 1,985 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&A Maintenance Enterprise, Inc. 1,983 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - SWF2 1,996 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longevity Health Services LLC 1,996 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
CITY-NEAR HealthNow NY Inc. 1,643 FTE
NAT-TCR Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexington Clinic South Broadway 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brattleboro Retreat 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Leander 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE East Jefferson General Hospital 1,989 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washington Regional Medical System 1,989 FTE
NAT-SIZE FACTS Education Corporation 1,986 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charleston Area Medical Center General Division 1,990 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: 2024, 2023, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.