Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Vesuvius Penn Wampum

Wampum, PA · ~75 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vesuvius Penn Wampum runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Vesuvius Penn Wampum: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Castable refractories, nonclay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vesuvius Penn Wampum safety composite

Vesuvius Penn Wampum scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−0.6

2022→2024

Vesuvius Penn Wampum injury rate improved

Vesuvius Penn Wampum's TCR fell 0.6 from 6.9 in 2022 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #23/36
  • PHOTO York Building Produc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: York Building Products New Holland Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vesuvius Penn Wampum in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vesuvius Penn Wampum averages 5.8 TCR (177% 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

Vesuvius Penn Wampum TCR series: 2022=6.9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Vesuvius Penn Wampum falls in its industry

307 Castable refractories, nonclay establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #23 safest of 36 Castable refractories, nonclay employers in Pennsylvania.

Vesuvius Penn Wampum (75 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Penn Wampum
Vesuvius Penn Wampum (75 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Vesuvius Penn Wampum has more employees than the Castable refractories, nonclay, manufact 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
2024 6.4 6.4 3 0 0
2023 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2022 6.9 2.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · PA · Wampum

307 Castable refractories, nonclay, 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 York Building Products New Holland Plant 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fireclay Tile Aromas 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marseilles plant 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unifrax I LLC. 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kaolin Mushroom Farms - Starr Road Complex 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5D Field Services, LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE FMS Construction Company 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&D Builders 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Youngblood Paving Inc 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Refractories, Inc 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Refractories, Inc Wampum Campus 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Doren Inc 64 FTE
NAT-TCR Memorial High School 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR RRSC Atlanta 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Flomatic Corporation 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Family Brands LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA SC Chester Plant 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boys Electrical Contractors LLC Orlando 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Zarzamora 75 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, 2022. 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.