Refractory brick contractors · Maine

Zampell Refractories ME

Auburn, ME · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zampell Refractories ME runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refractory brick contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Zampell Refractories ME: 1.6 TCR = 58% of Refractory brick contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zampell Refractories ME safety composite

Zampell Refractories ME scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Zampell Refractories ME: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Zampell Refractories ME's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Auburn, ME AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Guy Nielson Company …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Guy Nielson Company Industrial Division, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zampell Refractories ME in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zampell Refractories ME averages 1.6 TCR (58% of the Refractory brick contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Zampell Refractories ME TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Zampell Refractories ME falls in its industry

703 Refractory brick contractors establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Refractory brick contractors employers in Maine.

Zampell Refractories ME (30 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Zampell Refractories ME
Zampell Refractories ME (30 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Zampell Refractories ME has fewer employees than the Refractory brick contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2017 3.3 3.3 0 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · ME · Auburn

703 Refractory brick contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 100 employers in Auburn, ME · 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 Guy Nielson Company Industrial Division, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Refractory and Insulation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CIA Masonry 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Masonry Concepts, Inc. 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stoner&Co 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE HAROLD MACQUINN INC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Versant Power Graham Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emera Maine Graham Station 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR John F Murphy Homes, Inc 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1868 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1868 424 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer Plastics - Auburn 411 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of California West LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dart Intermodal Memphis TN 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 5 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bernhard MCC L.L.C. CNC 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Dca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0011 - Stockton, Ca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0006 - Hesperia, Ca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0005 - Bakersfield, CA 30 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.