Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing · Ohio

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax

Sebring, OH · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax safety composite

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2023 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Sebring, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #12/48
  • PHOTO Vesuvius Research Pi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vesuvius Research Pittsburgh (0.0 TCR gap)

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VacuForm Inc./Unifrax in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VacuForm Inc./Unifrax averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where VacuForm Inc./Unifrax falls in its industry

307 Castable refractories, nonclay establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 48 Castable refractories, nonclay employers in Ohio.

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax (46 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 VacuForm Inc./Unifrax
VacuForm Inc./Unifrax (46 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

VacuForm Inc./Unifrax has fewer employees than the Castable refractories, nonclay, manufact median and a lower 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
2024 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · OH · Sebring

307 Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 13 employers in Sebring, 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 Vesuvius Research Pittsburgh 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dal Tile El Paso 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vesuvius NC LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rocky Ridge Plant 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holthouse Farms of Ohio Inc 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Ohio Greenhouse Company 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willowbend Nurseries, LLC 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.W. Sauder Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Copeland Oaks 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crandall Medical Center 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR TruCut Incorporated 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Apex Control Systems 70 FTE
NAT-TCR VWGoA Jacksonville PDC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 102 Creve Coeur 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Homes Austin, LLC. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairview Burnsville 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Uniflyte, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingston at Dupont 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doris Duke Management Foundation 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverside Regional Hospice 46 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. 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.