Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing · Florida

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka

Name: Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Apopka, FL · ~142 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka: 6.7 TCR = 203% of Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka safety composite

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−8.6

2022→2023

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka injury rate improved

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka's TCR fell 8.6 from 11.0 in 2022 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.0 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Apopka, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 203% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK P17
PHOTO Abbott Furnace Company
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Abbott Furnace Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tempco

6.9
This site

6.7
Abbott Furnace

6.7
Dometic Corpor

6.6
Thermex Therma

6.5

What this shows Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka averages 6.7 TCR (203% of the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka TCR series: 2022=11 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka falls in its industry

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka (142 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Matthews International-Environmental Solutions / Apopka 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
2023	2.4	0.9	5	0	0
2022	11.0	6.1	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333994 · FL · Apopka

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 119 employers in Apopka, FL · 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	Abbott Furnace Company	ST MARYS, PA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dometic Corporation	GREENBRIER, TN	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thermex Thermatron, LP	LOUISVILLE, KY	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tempco	WOOD DALE, IL	6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Brooks Tropicals, LLC	HOMESTEAD	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	8692_20096	MIAMI	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Advanced Roofing and Sheet Metal	FORT MYERS	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FIRST QUALITY PLUMBING	ORANGE CITY	142 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AdventHealth Apopka	Apopka	820 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FINFROCK DMC	Apopka	768 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Randall Mechanical Inc	Apopka	603 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FINFROCK	Apopka	470 FTE
NAT-TCR	Times Supermarket Koolau	Kaneohe, HI	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	*Moss Rehab @ Jeff Bucks	Langhorne, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Les Schwab Tire Center-Medford	Medford, OR	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rocky Mount, Nc - 294	Rocky Mount, NC	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Frazier Ind.	Coolidge, TX	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	55355 Visalia	Visalia, CA	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NDPaper LLC- Old Town Division	Old Town, ME	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kaman Corporation	Bloomfield, CT	142 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. 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.