Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, silica, or other nonclay materials, manufacturing · Michigan

LECO Corporation- Ceramics

Name: LECO Corporation- Ceramics Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Benton Harbor, MI · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

LECO Corporation- Ceramics runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, silica, or other nonclay materials, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

LECO Corporation- Ceramics: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, silica, or other nonclay materials, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LECO Corporation- Ceramics safety composite

LECO Corporation- Ceramics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

LECO Corporation- Ceramics: 4.4 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.53× in 2020

LECO Corporation- Ceramics's TCR rose 2.2 from 4.4 in 2018 to 6.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Benton Harbor, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind

DART 6.7 DART
RANK #5/7
PHOTO TriCircle Pavers Inc.
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TriCircle Pavers Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows LECO Corporation- Ceramics averages 4.4 TCR (132% of the Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, silica, or other nonclay materials, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

LECO Corporation- Ceramics TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2019=2 · 2020=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where LECO Corporation- Ceramics falls in its industry

307 Crucibles, graphite, magnesite establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Crucibles, graphite, magnesite employers in Michigan.

LECO Corporation- Ceramics (44 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

LECO Corporation- Ceramics has fewer employees than the Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, median and a higher 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
2020	6.7	6.7	3
2019	2.0	0.0	1
2018	4.4	2.2	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · MI · Benton Harbor

307 Crucibles, graphite, magnesite, chrome, silica, or other nonclay materials, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 74 employers in Benton Harbor, MI · 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	TriCircle Pavers Inc.	FORT MYERS, FL	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oldcastle APG West dba Calstone Company Tracy	TRACY, CA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ludowici Roof Tile Co. Inc	NEW LEXINGTON, OH	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vesuvius Penn Robinson	CORAOPOLIS, PA	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NW Planning & Design Center	FARMINGTON HILLS	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Macomb	LENOX	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Genesee County Water & Waste Services	FLINT	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anthony Ragnone Treatment Plant	FLINT	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2062	Benton Harbor	332 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gast Manufacturing	Benton Harbor	314 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2062	Benton Harbor	286 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Idex	Benton Harbor	281 FTE
NAT-TCR	Diversified Fluid Solutions	Boise, ID	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	MOINDP-OPI-INDEPENDENCE	Independence, MO	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	773 Thousand Oaks, Ca	Thousand Oaks, CA	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Koorsen Fire & Security Cincinnati	Blue Ash, OH	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pipe & Plant Solutions, Inc.	Oakland, CA	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brunswick Hospice	Brunswick, GA	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SunPet - Fish Mart	New Haven, CT	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TSMM Management LLC dba Primrose of Wausau	Wausau, WI	44 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.