Power plant, hydroelectric, construction · Illinois

Plibrico Refractories LLC

Northbrook, IL · ~110 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plibrico Refractories LLC runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Power plant, hydroelectric, construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Plibrico Refractories LLC: 0.6 TCR = 23% of Power plant, hydroelectric, construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plibrico Refractories LLC safety composite

Plibrico Refractories LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.3

2022→2023

Plibrico Refractories LLC injury rate improved

Plibrico Refractories LLC's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237990 · Northbrook, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/23
  • PHOTO Pulaski Contract #2
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pulaski Contract #2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plibrico Refractories LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plibrico Refractories LLC averages 0.6 TCR (23% of the Power plant, hydroelectric, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Plibrico Refractories LLC TCR series: 2022=1.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Plibrico Refractories LLC falls in its industry

932 Power plant, hydroelectric, co establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 23 Power plant, hydroelectric, co employers in Illinois.

Plibrico Refractories LLC (110 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Plibrico Refractories LLC
Plibrico Refractories LLC (110 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Plibrico Refractories LLC has more employees than the Power plant, hydroelectric, construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.3 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237990 · IL · Northbrook

932 Power plant, hydroelectric, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, IL · 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 Pulaski Contract #2 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Region 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ancortex , Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crosby Dredging, LLC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lankford Construction Company 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROSSI CONTRACTORS, INC. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE 141 - Great Hills Constructors 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR DWFritz Automation Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlantic Aviation - ILG 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kelso DC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Alaska Court System (4) 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rotella Magnet School 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE IWR North America 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dealers Auto Auction Of the Rockies 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warwick #223 110 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.

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

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