Motor vehicle belts, rubber or plastics, manufacturing · Kentucky
Gates Corporation
Elizabethtown, KY · ~154 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gates Corporation runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle belts, rubber or plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Gates Corporation: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Motor vehicle belts, rubber or plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gates Corporation safety composite
Gates Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Gates Corporation: 1.8 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.59× in 2022
Gates Corporation's TCR rose 3.7 from 1.8 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326220 · Elizabethtown, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Gates Rubber Co Gale…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~154 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gates Rubber Co Galesburg (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gates Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- ILPEA Industri
ILPEA Industries - OEM/Miller Div.
3.2 TCR
- This site
Gates Corporation
3.1 TCR
- Gates Rubber C
Gates Rubber Co Galesburg
3.1 TCR
- Mosites Rubber
Mosites Rubber Company, Inc.
3.1 TCR
- Fluid Connecto
Fluid Connectors : Kennett
3.1 TCR
What this shows Gates Corporation averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Motor vehicle belts, rubber or plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Gates Corporation TCR series: 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Gates Corporation falls in its industry
160 Motor vehicle belts, rubber or establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Motor vehicle belts, rubber or employers in Kentucky.
Gates Corporation has more employees than the Motor vehicle belts, rubber or plastics, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326220 · KY · Elizabethtown
160 Motor vehicle belts, rubber or plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 130 employers in Elizabethtown, 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 | Gates Rubber Co Galesburg | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mosites Rubber Company, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fluid Connectors : Kennett | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ILPEA Industries - OEM/Miller Div. | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Intertech Mechanical Services | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KY-02 | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Accumetric LLC | 154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hardin Memorial Hospital | 2,311 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Hardin | 2,058 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Metalsa | 1,807 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Etown | 956 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | GEODynamics Legacy | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elite Glass & Metal, LLC | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cole Hardware- Rockridge | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Systems Operations | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pennsylvania Ltc D/B/a Linwood Nursing & Rehab Center/Edgehill Nursing and Rehab | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tops 49 | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ValTec, LLC | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Priority Chevrolet | 154 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.