Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing · Ohio

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company

Name: Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbiana, OH · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company safety composite

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company: 0.0 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2021

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company's TCR rose 4.6 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #17/48
PHOTO Rath Inc., Newark Fa…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rath Inc., Newark Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company falls in its industry

307 Castable refractories, nonclay establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 48 Castable refractories, nonclay employers in Ohio.

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company (60 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Specialty Ceramics Inc., a Unifrax Company has more 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
2021	4.6	3.1	3	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · OH · Columbiana

307 Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 40 employers in Columbiana, OH · 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	Rath Inc., Newark Facility	NEWARK, DE	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Magnesita Refactories Saybrook	ASHTABULA, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Meridian Brick-Stanton-Meridian	STANTON, KY	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ann Sacks	PORTLAND, OR	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	White House Fruit Farm Inc	CANFIELD	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wholesale	SANDUSKY	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity West	CLEVELAND	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gutknecht Construction Company	COLUMBUS	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	R+L Carriers - YOU	Columbiana	391 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Envelope 1 Inc.	Columbiana	167 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PHD Manufacturing, INc.	Columbiana	149 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center	Columbiana	109 FTE
NAT-TCR	Resident Care Home	Waterbury, CT	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Randall Manufacturing LLC-Church Location	Elmhurst, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sms 1506	Louisville, KY	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Anderson Industries	Anderson, SC	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ACE Companies Inc	Largo, FL	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ryder Logistics Jonesboro	Jonesboro, AR	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Michigan Compounding - Moore	Greenville, MI	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Commercial Industrial Roofing, Inc-Lynnwood	Lynnwood, Wa, WA	60 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. 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.