Firebrick, clay refractories, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

BNZ Materials Inc

Zelienople, PA · ~67 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BNZ Materials Inc runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firebrick, clay refractories, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

BNZ Materials Inc: 8.1 TCR = 245% of Firebrick, clay refractories, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BNZ Materials Inc safety composite

BNZ Materials Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

BNZ Materials Inc: 5.2 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024

BNZ Materials Inc's TCR rose 2.0 from 5.2 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Zelienople, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 245% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #29/36
  • PHOTO Redfield plant
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Redfield plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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BNZ Materials Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BNZ Materials Inc averages 8.1 TCR (245% of the Firebrick, clay refractories, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BNZ Materials Inc TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=3.7 · 2022=17 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where BNZ Materials Inc falls in its industry

307 Firebrick, clay refractories, establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 36 Firebrick, clay refractories, employers in Pennsylvania.

BNZ Materials Inc (67 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BNZ Materials Inc
BNZ Materials Inc (67 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

BNZ Materials Inc has more employees than the Firebrick, clay refractories, manufactur 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
2024 7.3 5.8 5 0 0
2023 13.3 10.7 10 0 0
2022 17.0 10.8 11 0 0
2020 3.7 1.9 2 0 0
2019 5.5 4.1 4 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 3 0 0
2016 5.2 3.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · PA · Zelienople

307 Firebrick, clay refractories, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 40 employers in Zelienople, PA · 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 Redfield plant 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florim USA, Inc 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elgin Butler Company 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Watsontown Brick Company 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Metzler Forest Products LLC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE MC OpCo, LLC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seward Operating, LLC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Utilities Lancaster 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Deep Well Services 599 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZNPI 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Passavant 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR 150 220 FTE
NAT-TCR 10643 Lakeview 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside Industries - Kent 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ADM 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Reddy Ice - Upper Marlboro (476) 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Groveton N.H. 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Georgia Pipe Company 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decatur Cogeneration 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Flour Mill 67 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, 2022, 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.