Refractory brick contractors · Texas

Diamond Refractory

Name: Diamond Refractory Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Houston, TX · ~134 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Diamond Refractory runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Refractory brick contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Diamond Refractory: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Refractory brick contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Diamond Refractory safety composite

Diamond Refractory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Diamond Refractory held a steady TCR band

Diamond Refractory's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/58
PHOTO Leidal & Hart Mason …
BOOK 8y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.3
Leidal & Hart

0.3
Precision Refr

0.3
S&D Smith, Inc

0.3
US Structures

0.2

What this shows Diamond Refractory averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Refractory brick contractors BLS benchmark).

Diamond Refractory TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2019=1 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Diamond Refractory falls in its industry

703 Refractory brick contractors establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 58 Refractory brick contractors employers in Texas.

Diamond Refractory (134 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Diamond Refractory has more employees than the Refractory brick contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.4	0.0	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.6	0.0	1
2019	1.0	0.7	3
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · TX · Houston

703 Refractory brick contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors, Inc.	LIVONIA, MI	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Precision Refractory	BATON ROUGE, LA	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US Structures Inc	MIAMI, FL	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S&D Smith, Inc	SLAUGHTERS, KY	0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2362/1956-Lubbock, TX-Mfg (Monsanto Co.)	LUBBOCK	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Giddings Campus	GIDDINGS	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	111479-CHENIERE CC	GREGORY	134 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tripoint Construction Services Incorporated	HUMBLE	134 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH IAH	Houston	11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices	Houston	10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6925-IAH	Houston	9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center	Houston	8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR	Northern Construction Service LLC	Palmer, MA	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Batavia - 20104	Batavia, IL	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	FUJIFILM North America Corporation- Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wholesale Imprints inc	North Kingsville, OH	0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Leica Biosystems (Aperio) - Vista	Vista, CA	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LP Hodgenville, LLC- Sunrise Manor	Hodgenville, KY	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Skyworks Solutions, Inc. - Cedar Rapids Design Center	Cedar Rapids, IA	134 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ICL (formerly ICL Performance Products LP) - Lawrence	Lawrence, KS	134 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.