Asphalt roofing coatings made from purchased asphaltic materials · Illinois

GAC Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~40 workers · 5 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

GAC Chicago runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Asphalt roofing coatings made from purchased asphaltic materials workplace, earning a grade B.

GAC Chicago: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Asphalt roofing coatings made from purchased asphaltic materials BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GAC Chicago safety composite

GAC Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−4.5

2016→2020

GAC Chicago injury rate improved

GAC Chicago's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324122 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Tarco Plant
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tarco Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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GAC Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GAC Chicago averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Asphalt roofing coatings made from purchased asphaltic materials BLS benchmark).

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

GAC Chicago TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where GAC Chicago falls in its industry

148 Asphalt roofing coatings made establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Asphalt roofing coatings made employers in Illinois.

GAC Chicago (40 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate GAC Chicago
GAC Chicago (40 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.2

GAC Chicago has fewer employees than the Asphalt roofing coatings made from purch median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.5 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324122 · IL · Chicago

148 Asphalt roofing coatings made from purchased asphaltic materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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 Tarco Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt. Vernon Shingle 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas Roofing Corporation 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAMKO - Tuscaloosa 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Coleman Stark BH 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartwell Street CCI 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1101 Brooklyn, Ny 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 01 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sun Coatings Tampa 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Floratech Buckeye 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE LCS:LC044 - LC044-Nokesville, VA 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chadds Ford Hospice 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.