Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing · Illinois

Gates Galesburg

Galesburg, IL · ~184 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gates Galesburg runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Gates Galesburg: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gates Galesburg safety composite

Gates Galesburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2016→2024

Gates Galesburg injury rate improved

Gates Galesburg's TCR fell 3.3 from 6.1 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326220 · Galesburg, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO NewAge Industries In…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~184 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NewAge Industries Inc - Valley Road (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gates Galesburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gates Galesburg averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gates Galesburg TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Gates Galesburg falls in its industry

160 Plastics and rubber belts and establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Plastics and rubber belts and employers in Illinois.

Gates Galesburg (184 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gates Galesburg
Gates Galesburg (184 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gates Galesburg has more employees than the Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (wit 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
2024 2.9 2.9 3 0 0
2016 6.1 4.6 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · IL · Galesburg

160 Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 81 employers in Galesburg, 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 NewAge Industries Inc - Valley Road 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kuri Tec Manufacturing 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MATEX HOSE 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Scott 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Electric Ops 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Division Street 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Brien WRP 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Abbey Paving & Sealcoating Co., Inc. 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galesburg CUSD #205 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary Medical Center 584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knox College 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 775 373 FTE
NAT-TCR 3050 Cash Wise South Fargo 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tower Industries LTD 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Falls Hospital 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Arena Management Ltd 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Copley at Stoughton 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATI Huntsville Operations 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andersen Commercial Plumbing 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2006 Coborn's Little Falls 184 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.