Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing · Alabama

HarbisonWalker International

Name: HarbisonWalker International Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fairfield, AL · ~110 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HarbisonWalker International runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

HarbisonWalker International: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HarbisonWalker International safety composite

HarbisonWalker International scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−1.8

2016→2018

HarbisonWalker International injury rate improved

HarbisonWalker International's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Fairfield, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/17
PHOTO Meridian Brick-Elgin…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows HarbisonWalker International averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

HarbisonWalker International TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where HarbisonWalker International falls in its industry

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf employers in Alabama.

HarbisonWalker International (110 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

HarbisonWalker International has more employees than the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	3.9	1.9	4
2016	1.8	1.8	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · AL · Fairfield

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 9 employers in Fairfield, AL · 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	Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian	ELGIN, TX	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Refractory Specialties Inc.	SEBRING, OH	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saint Gobain Advance Ceramics, LLC	NIAGARA FALLS, NY	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Calstone Company Gilroy	GILROY, CA	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Millport	MILLPORT	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lewis Brothers Lumber Co., Inc.	ALICEVILLE	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plastipak- McCalla	MCCALLA	110 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Royal Switchgear Manufacturing	BESSEMER	110 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairfield Tubular Operations	Fairfield	745 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USS Fairfield Works - Tubular	Fairfield	705 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fairfield Tubular Steel Operations	Fairfield	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0882 FAIRFIELD	Fairfield	89 FTE
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #4 (Green Bay, WI (East))	Green Bay, WI	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	St. Joseph Center	Freeport, IL	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cameron 8840 Meldrum Lane	Houston, TX	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bbs Ar	Bentonville, AR	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Winnebago County	Forest City, IA	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Owens Illinois Brockway Plant 18	Brockway, PA	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Burns Industrial Equipment	Macedonia, OH	110 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sanoh America - Corporate Office	Findlay, OH	110 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: 2018, 2017, 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.