Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), clay, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus

Wampum, PA · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus safety composite

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2018→2019

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus injury rate improved

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus's TCR fell 0.8 from 7.6 in 2018 to 6.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.6 · 2019=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #27/36
  • PHOTO Kansas Brick & Tile
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kansas Brick & Tile (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus TCR series: 2018=7.6 · 2019=6.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus falls in its industry

307 Refractories (e.g., block, bri establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #27 safest of 36 Refractories (e.g., block, bri employers in Pennsylvania.

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus (88 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 Wampum Campus
Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus (88 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus has more employees than the Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar 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 6.9 4.1 5 0 0
2018 7.6 4.4 5 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · PA · Wampum

307 Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 6 employers in Wampum, PA · 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 Kansas Brick & Tile 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monofrax LLC 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Manufacturing Center 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE JA Myers Bldg & Dev., Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Norwood Company 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE T-Ross Brothers Construction, Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE D & M Contracting Inc 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Youngblood Paving Inc 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Refractories, Inc 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vesuvius Penn Wampum 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Doren Inc 64 FTE
NAT-TCR Watertown Box 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Decatur 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Obx-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Outer Banks 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1891 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Genuine Parts Company 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Affiliated Construction Services, Inc. 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Durand-Wayland, Inc. 88 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.