Refractory brick contractors · Iowa

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc.

Eldridge, IA · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refractory brick contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 153% of Refractory brick contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. safety composite

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−2.5

2019→2020

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. injury rate improved

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 5.5 in 2019 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.5 · 2020=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Eldridge, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 153% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Scarecrow Lath & Pla…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scarecrow Lath & Plaster (0.0 TCR gap)

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Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (153% of the Refractory brick contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. TCR series: 2019=5.5 · 2020=3 · BLS 2.8

Where Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. falls in its industry

703 Refractory brick contractors establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Refractory brick contractors employers in Iowa.

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. (54 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc.
Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. (54 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Refractory & Insulation Supply, Inc. has more employees than the Refractory brick contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2020 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · IA · Eldridge

703 Refractory brick contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 23 employers in Eldridge, IA · 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 Scarecrow Lath & Plaster 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Al Slattery Masonry, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Don's Masonry, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reliable Building Systems, Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Daybreak Foods Inc. - Graettinger 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Dodge Service Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Creek Plant 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bettendorf Service Center 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMT Defense 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uniparts Olsen, Inc. 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logistic Service, LLC 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amhof Trucking, Inc. 89 FTE
NAT-TCR Kandiyohi County Courthouse 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Waukesha Metro Transit 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR B089 Stonebriar Centre 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Plymouth 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE HG008 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Troy Laminating and Coating Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunter Panels - Tooele 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.