Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing · Ohio

Refractory Specialties Inc.

Sebring, OH · ~42 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Refractory Specialties Inc. runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Refractory Specialties Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Refractory Specialties Inc. safety composite

Refractory Specialties Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Refractory Specialties Inc. held a steady TCR band

Refractory Specialties Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.2 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Sebring, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/48
  • PHOTO HarbisonWalker Inter…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HarbisonWalker International (0.0 TCR gap)

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Refractory Specialties Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Refractory Specialties Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Refractory Specialties Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.2 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Refractory Specialties Inc. falls in its industry

307 Castable refractories, nonclay establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 48 Castable refractories, nonclay employers in Ohio.

Refractory Specialties Inc. (42 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Refractory Specialties Inc.
Refractory Specialties Inc. (42 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Refractory Specialties Inc. has fewer employees than the Castable refractories, nonclay, manufact median and a lower 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · OH · Sebring

307 Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 13 employers in Sebring, OH · 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 HarbisonWalker International 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calstone Company Gilroy 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meridian Brick-Elgin Plant 1-Meridian 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rocky Ridge Plant 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Goshen Pullets 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consolidated Cooperative (Mount Gilead facility) 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus Storeroom Annex Stn 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2948_12474 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Copeland Oaks 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crandall Medical Center 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR TruCut Incorporated 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apex Control Systems 70 FTE
NAT-TCR Yupo Corporation America 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oil Filtration Systems LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sioux Falls Service Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FCR Morris, LLC. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ventura HQ 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rafter 3 Feedyard 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adaptive Stainless, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank J Ryan & Sons Inc 42 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.