Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing · Kentucky

Thermex Thermatron, LP

Name: Thermex Thermatron, LP Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Louisville, KY · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Thermex Thermatron, LP runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Thermex Thermatron, LP: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermex Thermatron, LP safety composite

Thermex Thermatron, LP scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Thermex Thermatron, LP: 3.4 → 9.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2018

Thermex Thermatron, LP's TCR rose 6.2 from 3.4 in 2017 to 9.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333994 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK P19
PHOTO Dometic Corporation
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dometic Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Abbott Furnace

6.7
Dometic Corpor

6.6
This site

6.5
Souderton

6.3
Solar Products

6.3

What this shows Thermex Thermatron, LP averages 6.5 TCR (197% of the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Thermex Thermatron, LP TCR series: 2017=3.4 · 2018=9.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Thermex Thermatron, LP falls in its industry

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces man establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Thermex Thermatron, LP (32 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Thermex Thermatron, LP has fewer employees than the Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing median and a higher 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	9.6	3.2	3	0	0
2017	3.4	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333994 · KY · Louisville

103 Ceramic kilns and furnaces manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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	Dometic Corporation	GREENBRIER, TN	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Souderton	SOUDERTON, PA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Abbott Furnace Company	ST MARYS, PA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Solar Products Inc. - E1T	POMPTON LAKES, NJ	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Limestone Transmission Substation	LEXINGTON	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schaefer General Contracting Services	LOUISVILLE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ray Black & Son, Inc.	PADUCAH	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OMNI Commercial LLC	LEXINGTON	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jefferson County Public Schools	Louisville	18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KYGRA - WORLDPORT	Louisville	11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WORLDPORT (KYGRA)	Louisville	9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KTKY TRUCK	Louisville	8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR	Vern Eide Ford	Mitchell, SD	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Windmill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Lubbock, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Driscoll/Pierson Joint Venture	Blue Bell, PA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Manor Care Health Services - Carlisle	Carlisle, PA	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Contour Construction	Bennington, NE	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spring hill Farm Dairy Inc	Ward Hill, MA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rai Mx Ord	Chicago, IL	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0052 - Everett, Wa	Everett, WA	32 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.