Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing · Wisconsin

International Thermal Systems

Milwaukee, WI · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

International Thermal Systems runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

International Thermal Systems: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

International Thermal Systems safety composite

International Thermal Systems scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.1

2018→2020

International Thermal Systems injury rate improved

International Thermal Systems's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.0 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #7/11
  • PHOTO INDUSTRIAL HEATER CO…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: INDUSTRIAL HEATER CORP. (0.1 TCR gap)

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International Thermal Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows International Thermal Systems averages 4.4 TCR (132% 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

International Thermal Systems TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=4 · BLS 3.3

Where International Thermal Systems falls in its industry

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man employers in Wisconsin.

International Thermal Systems (90 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 International Thermal Systems
International Thermal Systems (90 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

International Thermal Systems has more employees than the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing median and a higher 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
2020 4.0 1.0 3 1 0
2019 4.1 2.0 4 0 0
2018 5.0 3.0 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333994 · WI · Milwaukee

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, WI · 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 INDUSTRIAL HEATER CORP. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kanthal 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Thermal Processing 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Perceptive Industries Inc 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dairyland Seed 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gabe's Construction 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE CBC - Verona 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison WI Branch 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT HOSPITAL 7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milwaukee Hospital 3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus 2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR Gretna Medical Center 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Food Manufacturing 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Glendale Chrysler Jeep Dodge 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aleris Rolled Products 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Oro Valley - Town Hall Administrative Offices 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teledyne LeCroy PSG 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Finish Thompsom Inc 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE PWI 4 - Tulsa 90 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.