Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing · Kentucky

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky

Wurtland, KY · ~40 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky safety composite

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky held a steady TCR band

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Wurtland, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Garland Manufacturin…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Garland Manufacturing Plant 6 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky falls in its industry

307 Nonclay refractories (e.g., bl establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Nonclay refractories (e.g., bl employers in Kentucky.

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky (40 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 USA Wurtland Kentucky
Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky (40 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Vesuvius USA Wurtland Kentucky has fewer employees than the Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.1 2.4 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.5 2.5 3 0 0
2020 5.7 2.9 2 0 0
2019 5.2 2.6 1 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · KY · Wurtland

307 Nonclay refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 4 employers in Wurtland, KY · 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 Garland Manufacturing Plant 6 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa Brick Plant 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR E.R. ADVANCED CERAMICS INC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint-Gobain Ceramic Material, High Performance Refractories 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Electrical Distribution Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leak Eliminators 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE STC:SC630 - SC630-Louisville, KY 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE STC:SC640 - SC640-Lexington, KY 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wurtland Nursing and Rehab 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pregis - Wurtland 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wurtland 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Glyndon Lord Baltimore Cleaners 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SiteOne Landscape Supply #329 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gasser Chair Co., Inc. - Production Division 1 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sherwood PDC 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Altamonte Springs 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amita Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayer Malbin 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pm Electric Inc. 40 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, 2021, 2020, 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.