Refractory brick contractors · Ohio

The Schaefer Group, Inc.

Beavercreek, OH · ~95 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Schaefer Group, Inc. runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Refractory brick contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

The Schaefer Group, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 93% of Refractory brick contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Schaefer Group, Inc. safety composite

The Schaefer Group, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Schaefer Group, Inc.: 2.7 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024

The Schaefer Group, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 2.7 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Beavercreek, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 93% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #22/45
  • PHOTO Capasso Enterprises …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Capasso Enterprises Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Schaefer Group, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Schaefer Group, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (93% of the Refractory brick contractors BLS benchmark).

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

The Schaefer Group, Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where The Schaefer Group, Inc. falls in its industry

703 Refractory brick contractors establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 45 Refractory brick contractors employers in Ohio.

The Schaefer Group, Inc. (95 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 The Schaefer Group, Inc.
The Schaefer Group, Inc. (95 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

The Schaefer Group, Inc. has more employees than the Refractory brick contractors median and a lower 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
2024 3.5 1.8 4 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2022 1.9 0.0 2 0 0
2021 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2020 5.6 1.9 6 0 0
2019 2.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · OH · Beavercreek

703 Refractory brick contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 58 employers in Beavercreek, 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 Capasso Enterprises Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shadrock and Williams, Ltd-Helotes, Texas Office 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DMG Masonry Construction Ltd 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Artisan Masonry Corp 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Grand Rapids, OH Production Plant 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Building Company 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowlin Services LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Feazel Inc 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3638-S 1,253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Soin Medical Center 1,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frontier Technology Inc. 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00811 338 FTE
NAT-TCR Nibbi Brothers & Associates 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dixie Crane services 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hanson International Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Toledo Nursing 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE CCC - Appleton WI 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE ONI Industries 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE SAFTCART 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Long Beach 95 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.