Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing · New York

Harper International Corporation

Buffalo, NY · ~66 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harper International Corporation runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Harper International Corporation: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harper International Corporation safety composite

Harper International Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2019→2023

Harper International Corporation injury rate improved

Harper International Corporation's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Buffalo, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P79
  • PHOTO HeatTek Plant 1
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HeatTek Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harper International Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harper International Corporation averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Harper International Corporation TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Harper International Corporation falls in its industry

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Harper International Corporation (66 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Harper International Corporation
Harper International Corporation (66 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Harper International Corporation has more employees than the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2020 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333994 · NY · Buffalo

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 532 employers in Buffalo, NY · 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 HeatTek Plant 1 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LEWCO, Inc - Lane Street 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Retech Systems LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SierraThermal, Inc. 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vireo Health of NY - Johnstown 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mammoser Farms 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE H.H. Dobbins Inc. 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merrick District 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo General Hospital 3,556 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 2,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR WNY Independent Living, Inc. 1,988 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaleida Health Oishei Childrens Hospital 1,765 FTE
NAT-TCR Summit Refrigerants 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DATTCO - Plainfield 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hanesbrands, Inc. Canterbury Distribution Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1906 Bell County US190 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Building 17 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westmor Industries LLC - Brewer 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Heritage at Sagewood 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Village at Bloomington 66 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.