Adobe bricks manufacturing · New York
ASK Chemicals - Alfred
Alfred Station, NY · ~75 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
ASK Chemicals - Alfred runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Adobe bricks manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
ASK Chemicals - Alfred: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Adobe bricks manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
ASK Chemicals - Alfred safety composite
ASK Chemicals - Alfred scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% 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
−1.9
2020→2023
ASK Chemicals - Alfred injury rate improved
ASK Chemicals - Alfred's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.5 in 2020 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=4.5 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327120 · Alfred Station, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #9/12
- PHOTO Reno Refractories, I…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Reno Refractories, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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ASK Chemicals - Alfred in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
ASK Chemicals - Alfred
4.7 TCR
- Reno Refractor
Reno Refractories, Inc.
4.7 TCR
- Standard Ceram
Standard Ceramic Supply
4.7 TCR
- Magnesita Refr
Magnesita Refractories
4.7 TCR
- TYK America
TYK America
4.7 TCR
What this shows ASK Chemicals - Alfred averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Adobe bricks manufacturing BLS benchmark).
ASK Chemicals - Alfred TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2021=8 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3
Where ASK Chemicals - Alfred falls in its industry
307 Adobe bricks manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Adobe bricks manufacturing employers in New York.
ASK Chemicals - Alfred has more employees than the Adobe bricks manufacturing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327120 · NY · Alfred Station
307 Adobe bricks manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 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 | Reno Refractories, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Standard Ceramic Supply | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Magnesita Refractories | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TYK America | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | O&R Blue Hill | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Venia Conctracting LLC | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 102843 - Rondout West Branch Bypass Water Tunnel | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McLaughlin Construction Corp. DBA Edbauer Construction | 75 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ginty Construction Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McKinnon and Harris INC | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Beachcomber | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SLS Brickell | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Baldi Bros. Inc. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gulf Shore Cooling, Inc. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caledonian Building Systems | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CHS/CSS-ODFL | 75 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.