Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing · Ohio

The Schaefer Group (SGI)

Dayton, OH · ~96 workers · 2 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

The Schaefer Group (SGI) runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

The Schaefer Group (SGI): 1.9 TCR = 59% of Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Schaefer Group (SGI) safety composite

The Schaefer Group (SGI) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.97 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%).

TCR Δ

−55.2

2017→2018

The Schaefer Group (SGI) injury rate improved

The Schaefer Group (SGI)'s TCR fell 55.2 from 57.2 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 57.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=57.2 · 2018=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Dayton, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO HoneywellOK17
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HoneywellOK17 (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Schaefer Group (SGI) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Schaefer Group (SGI) averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The Schaefer Group (SGI) TCR series: 2017=57.2 · 2018=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where The Schaefer Group (SGI) falls in its industry

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man employers in Ohio.

The Schaefer Group (SGI) (96 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Schaefer Group (SGI)
The Schaefer Group (SGI) (96 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

The Schaefer Group (SGI) has more employees than the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018 1.9 1.0 2 0 0
2017 57.2 47.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333994 · OH · Dayton

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 599 employers in Dayton, 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 HoneywellOK17 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Warren 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Power Flame Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Lanly Company 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Layer Site 1 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE YOUNGSTOWN SHOP 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Archiable Electric Company 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Electric Company - Cincinnati 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miami Valley Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Dayton 5,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dayton Children's Hospital 3,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR CareSource Management Services LLC 3,172 FTE
NAT-TCR CG020 - Epping, NH 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth - Ford 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UG2 -583 - One Channel Center (MA) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UG2 -210 - One Marina 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3311 Capital Boulevard 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acuity Brands Lighting MWDC 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Praters 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Windsor - Aldi 96 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: 2018, 2017. 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.