Reinforcing steel contractors · Illinois
Gateway Construction - Chicago
Melrose Park, IL · ~102 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gateway Construction - Chicago runs at 371% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Reinforcing steel contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Gateway Construction - Chicago: 10.4 TCR = 371% of Reinforcing steel contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gateway Construction - Chicago safety composite
Gateway Construction - Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Gateway Construction - Chicago: 8.1 → 12.7 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2017
Gateway Construction - Chicago's TCR rose 4.6 from 8.1 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238120 · Melrose Park, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 371% of ind
- DART 7.1 DART
- RANK #27/30
- PHOTO Martins Steel Fabric…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~102 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Martins Steel Fabrication (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gateway Construction - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Powers Built S
Powers Built Structures
10.5 TCR
- Bret Steel Cor
Bret Steel Corporation
10.5 TCR
- This site
Gateway Construction - Chicago
10.4 TCR
- Martins Steel
Martins Steel Fabrication
10.4 TCR
- ALLRED METAL P
ALLRED METAL PRODUCTS
10.3 TCR
What this shows Gateway Construction - Chicago averages 10.4 TCR (371% of the Reinforcing steel contractors BLS benchmark).
Gateway Construction - Chicago TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=12.7 · BLS 2.8
Where Gateway Construction - Chicago falls in its industry
705 Reinforcing steel contractors establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 30 Reinforcing steel contractors employers in Illinois.
Gateway Construction - Chicago has more employees than the Reinforcing steel contractors median and a higher 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 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238120 · IL · Melrose Park
705 Reinforcing steel contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 96 employers in Melrose Park, 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 | Martins Steel Fabrication | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Powers Built Structures | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ALLRED METAL PRODUCTS | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bret Steel Corporation | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Champaign | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FCL Builders, LLC | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AA Service | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MSM Solutions, Inc. | 102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jewel Distribution DC | 1,169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL | 1,106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | 923 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant | 714 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Arlington Center (Waarl) | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Laconia (Nhlac) | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Associate Milk Producers Inc (Jim Falls) | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sacramento - 302 | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LKC 2nd Avenue | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RCR Star Oregon, Inc. | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prince Minerals LLC- Leesburg | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cheyenne (Wyche) | 102 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.