Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant)

Coroapolis, PA · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant): 6.0 TCR = 183% of Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) safety composite

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant): 3.0 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2019

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant)'s TCR rose 6.0 from 3.0 in 2018 to 9.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Coroapolis, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 183% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #25/36
  • PHOTO Red River Brick Mine…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Red River Brick Mineral Wells East (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) averages 6.0 TCR (183% of the Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) falls in its industry

307 Clay refractories (e.g., morta establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 36 Clay refractories (e.g., morta employers in Pennsylvania.

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) (45 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant)
Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) (45 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Universal Refractories, Inc (Robinson Plant) has fewer employees than the Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, median and a higher 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
2019 9.0 4.5 4 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · PA · Coroapolis

307 Clay refractories (e.g., mortar, brick, tile, block) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 Red River Brick Mineral Wells East 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red River Brick Union City 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unifrax I LLC. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crossville Plant 1 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE DocHouse 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florin Farms Hatchery, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Risser's Poultry, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Sjc-San Jose 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Indusco Wire Rope & Fittings (Baltimore, MD) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Forest Grove 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 1641 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Manitowoc 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mindoro 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing at Estherville 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE API Osgood 45 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.