Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and cage installation · Illinois

Gateway Construction Company Inc.

Melrose Park, IL · ~42 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gateway Construction Company Inc. runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and cage installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Gateway Construction Company Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 148% of Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and cage installation BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gateway Construction Company Inc. safety composite

Gateway Construction Company Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.5

2019→2024

Gateway Construction Company Inc. injury rate improved

Gateway Construction Company Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Melrose Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 148% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/30
  • PHOTO LHV Precast Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LHV Precast Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gateway Construction Company Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gateway Construction Company Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (148% of the Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and cage installation BLS benchmark).

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

Gateway Construction Company Inc. TCR series: 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Gateway Construction Company Inc. falls in its industry

705 Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 30 Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and employers in Illinois.

Gateway Construction Company Inc. (42 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Gateway Construction Company Inc.
Gateway Construction Company Inc. (42 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Gateway Construction Company Inc. has fewer employees than the Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and cage inst 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 9.9 9.9 4 0 0
2022 6.3 4.2 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.5 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IL · Melrose Park

705 Reinforcing rod, bar, mesh and cage installation 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 LHV Precast Inc 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schmidt Steel, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAYSCO INC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAS Building & Bridge, Inc. 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 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 Barilla America, NY Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR York Container Company 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Perfection Wholesale Supply Company 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Zone Equipment Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grill Works Inc 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas V. Giel Garage Doors, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pharr Warehouse 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAPEI - Wildwood 42 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, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.