Alumina fused refractories manufacturing · Missouri

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia

Vandalia, MO · ~121 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Alumina fused refractories manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Alumina fused refractories manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia safety composite

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia held a steady TCR band

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.8 in 2023 to 1.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.8 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Vandalia, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Morgan Advanced Mate…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morgan Advanced Materials - Certech (0.0 TCR gap)

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HarbisonWalker International Vandalia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HarbisonWalker International Vandalia averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Alumina fused refractories manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where HarbisonWalker International Vandalia falls in its industry

307 Alumina fused refractories man establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Alumina fused refractories man employers in Missouri.

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia (121 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 HarbisonWalker International Vandalia
HarbisonWalker International Vandalia (121 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

HarbisonWalker International Vandalia has more employees than the Alumina fused refractories 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · MO · Vandalia

307 Alumina fused refractories manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 3 employers in Vandalia, MO · 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 Morgan Advanced Materials - Certech 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Certech: Wood-Ridge, NJ 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc Strongsville 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pyrotek Carlisle 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE BJC - Medical Center Campus Renewal 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Niagara Bottling, LLC - Kansas City 2 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper Kansas City Container 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valcour - St. Louis 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Market #392 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Target Windows & Doors 32 FTE
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber Corporate Office 600 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond Health Care Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncclo - Charlotte Nc Freight Forwarding Service 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0417 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 269 Godfrey 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 120 Swansea 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Time Striping, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Plastics Inc 121 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. 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.