Specialty Trade Contractors · California

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California

Name: Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fairfield, CA · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Specialty Trade Contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California: 2.2 TCR = 77% of Specialty Trade Contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California safety composite

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California: 0.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California's TCR rose 4.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Fairfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 77% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #67/171
PHOTO TSS at Occidental (O…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
TSS at Occiden

2.2
All Types Elev

2.2
Spies Pool Inc

2.2
System Pavers

2.2

What this shows Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California averages 2.2 TCR (77% of the Specialty Trade Contractors BLS benchmark).

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California TCR series: 2020=0 · 2022=4.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California falls in its industry

1,634 Specialty Trade Contractors establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 171 Specialty Trade Contractors employers in California.

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California (23 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Empire Refractory Services of Ohio, LLC - California has fewer employees than the Specialty Trade Contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2022	4.3	0.0	1	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · CA · Fairfield

1,634 Specialty Trade Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 172 employers in Fairfield, CA · 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	TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA	CONVENT, LA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	All Types Elevators, Inc.	WORTH, IL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Spies Pool Inc.	KISSIMMEE, FL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	System Pavers of Texas, LLC	AUSTIN, TX	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	James Diedrich Farms	FIREBAUGH	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tri-Fanucchi Farms,LLC	BAKERSFIELD	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KAN2 - 04	FRESNO	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kyer Farms	LODI	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 108	Fairfield	2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NorthBay Healthcare Medical Center	Fairfield	1,086 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jelly Belly Candy Company	Fairfield	511 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Universal Propulsion Company (Fairfield CA)	Fairfield	460 FTE
NAT-TCR	San Antonio	Devine, TX	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hamm Mechanical LLC	Shreveport, LA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	STR0629	Franklin, TN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	6502 Lanett AL Manufacturing	Lanett, AL	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Albuquerque 1500	Albuquerque, NM	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Signature Flight Support-OMA244	Omaha, NE	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Small's Garden Center	La Porte, IN	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kanes Furniture - Sarasota Store	Sarasota, FL	23 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: 2022, 2020. 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.