Castable refractories, clay, manufacturing · Indiana

Minteq #2 QBOP

Gary, IN · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Minteq #2 QBOP runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Castable refractories, clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Minteq #2 QBOP: 1.1 TCR = 41% of Castable refractories, clay, manufacturing BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minteq #2 QBOP safety composite

Minteq #2 QBOP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Minteq #2 QBOP held a steady TCR band

Minteq #2 QBOP's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238110 · Gary, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/25
  • PHOTO KEYSTONE CONCRETE PL…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KEYSTONE CONCRETE PLACEMENT/KEYSTONE SITEWORK/STEWART BUILDERS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Minteq #2 QBOP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Minteq #2 QBOP averages 1.1 TCR (41% of the Castable refractories, clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Minteq #2 QBOP TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Minteq #2 QBOP falls in its industry

1,314 Castable refractories, clay, m establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 25 Castable refractories, clay, m employers in Indiana.

Minteq #2 QBOP (21 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Minteq #2 QBOP
Minteq #2 QBOP (21 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Minteq #2 QBOP has fewer employees than the Castable refractories, clay, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238110 · IN · Gary

1,314 Castable refractories, clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 107 employers in Gary, IN · 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 KEYSTONE CONCRETE PLACEMENT/KEYSTONE SITEWORK/STEWART BUILDERS 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR APS Foundation 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Degan Construction, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RSI 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastside Dairy, LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Ridge 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana Sow Farm 5 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana Sow Farm 3 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR USS Gary Works - Plant 4,744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary Works 3,767 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRNI Holdings, LLC 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DIN2 569 FTE
NAT-TCR DoubleTree by Hilton Greensboro 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JBDA Mangham Office 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutramax SC1 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Las Vegas I 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kendall Electric - EHOL 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 677 Water Tower Place 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Qrc, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&B Simpsonville, SC 130 21 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. 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.