Cement, clay refractory, manufacturing · Michigan

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics

Benton Harbor, MI · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cement, clay refractory, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Cement, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y 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 15%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−1.6

2021→2024

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics injury rate improved

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics's TCR fell 1.6 from 6.9 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.9 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO US Brick Columbia
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Brick Columbia (0.0 TCR gap)

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LECO Corporation -- Ceramics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LECO Corporation -- Ceramics averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Cement, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics TCR series: 2021=6.9 · 2022=6 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where LECO Corporation -- Ceramics falls in its industry

307 Cement, clay refractory, manuf establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Cement, clay refractory, manuf employers in Michigan.

LECO Corporation -- Ceramics (54 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 LECO Corporation -- Ceramics
LECO Corporation -- Ceramics (54 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Cement, clay refractory, manufacturing 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.3 5.3 3 0 0
2023 6.8 6.8 4 0 0
2022 6.0 4.0 3 0 0
2021 6.9 6.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · MI · Benton Harbor

307 Cement, clay refractory, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR US Brick Columbia 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Shale Moncure 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERAC 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elgin Brick Plants 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Residential Home Builder 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalamazoo Facility 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE LS Brinker 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITC Operations-319 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2062 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gast Manufacturing 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2062 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Idex 281 FTE
NAT-TCR 473009-Sandy | OR | ORE-830 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Let's Do Lunch, Inc. dba Integrated Food Service 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Raleigh- Public Utilities 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 403009-Bedford | NH | GOF-030 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regency Redmond Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Partners Insulation South (BDI) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kankakee Valley Park District 54 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, 2022, 2021. 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.