Aluminous refractory cement manufacturing · North Carolina

Vesuvius NC LLC

Graham, NC · ~69 workers · 3 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

Vesuvius NC LLC runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aluminous refractory cement manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Vesuvius NC LLC: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Aluminous refractory cement manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vesuvius NC LLC safety composite

Vesuvius NC LLC 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−1.2

2019→2021

Vesuvius NC LLC injury rate improved

Vesuvius NC LLC's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.6 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.6 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Graham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO VacuForm Inc./Unifrax
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VacuForm Inc./Unifrax (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vesuvius NC LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vesuvius NC LLC averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Aluminous refractory cement manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vesuvius NC LLC TCR series: 2019=2.6 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Vesuvius NC LLC falls in its industry

307 Aluminous refractory cement ma establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Aluminous refractory cement ma employers in North Carolina.

Vesuvius NC LLC (69 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 Vesuvius NC LLC
Vesuvius NC LLC (69 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Vesuvius NC LLC has more employees than the Aluminous refractory cement manufacturin 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
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · NC · Graham

307 Aluminous refractory cement manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 29 employers in Graham, NC · 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 VacuForm Inc./Unifrax 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vesuvius Research Pittsburgh 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dal-Tile 658 Dickson 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dal Tile El Paso 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE APEX OPERATIONS 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH RALEIGH OPERATIONS 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Regional Water & Sewer H2GO 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease - Charlotte Office 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alamance County 761 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alamance Foods Cedar Crest 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buckner Heavylift Cranes, LLC. 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASPE-South LLC 146 FTE
NAT-TCR Circuit Court Clerk 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Managed Healthcare Partners LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fs Hinsdale Hosp 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SDB Tempe 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rule4, LLC 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Epa3 (Socorro) 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spincraft (WI) 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE ALB 69 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.