Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing · Kansas

Morgan Advanced Materials

Name: Morgan Advanced Materials Workplace Safety Data
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Emporia, KS · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Morgan Advanced Materials runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Morgan Advanced Materials: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Morgan Advanced Materials safety composite

Morgan Advanced Materials scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Morgan Advanced Materials held a steady TCR band

Morgan Advanced Materials's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.7 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Emporia, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #1/5
PHOTO Vesuvius Penn Robinson
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vesuvius Penn Robinson (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Morgan Advanced Materials averages 4.5 TCR (135% of the Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Morgan Advanced Materials TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Morgan Advanced Materials falls in its industry

307 Nonclay refractories (e.g., bl 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 Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Nonclay refractories (e.g., bl employers in Kansas.

Morgan Advanced Materials (37 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Morgan Advanced Materials has fewer employees than the Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick 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
2019	2.8	2.8	1
2018	9.3	9.3	3
2017	3.1	3.1	1
2016	2.7	2.7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · KS · Emporia

307 Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 63 employers in Emporia, KS · 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	Vesuvius Penn Robinson	CORAOPOLIS, PA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rex Materials of Kansas, LLC	COUNCIL GROVE, KS	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LECO Corporation- Ceramics	BENTON HARBOR, MI	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Universal Refractories, Inc	WAMPUM, PA	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tuls Dairy Farms, LLC	LIBERAL	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Office	GODDARD	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cargill Animal Nutrition KC	KANSAS CITY	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEABOARD FOODS LP HUGTON FM DELIVERY	HUGTON	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EMPORIA PET FOOD	Emporia	848 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Emporia Plant	Emporia	846 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hostess Brands LLC- Emporia	Emporia	628 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Newman Regional Health	Emporia	600 FTE
NAT-TCR	1225 Sylvan Way	Bremerton, WA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0027 1495	Centralia, WA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops 665	Erie, PA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	4113-41131003-R11	Pittsburgh, PA	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	GA 707 E First St	Rome, GA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Harmony Press Inc	Easton, PA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2200 Everett Lbm	Everett, WA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : GRK - Killeen	Killeen, TX	37 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.