1790 · Illinois

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC

Des Plaines, IL · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical 1790 workplace, earning a grade F.

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC: 5.9 TCR = 212% of 1790 BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC safety composite

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC: 0.0 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 19.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2023

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC's TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 212% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #51/59
  • PHOTO ASP - 6301
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ASP - 6301 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC averages 5.9 TCR (212% of the 1790 BLS benchmark).

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

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=19.5 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5 · BLS 2.8

Where Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC falls in its industry

1,634 1790 establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 59 1790 employers in Illinois.

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC (45 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC
Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC (45 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Gilco Scaffolding Company LLC has fewer employees than the 1790 median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2021 19.5 19.5 7 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · IL · Des Plaines

1,634 1790 employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 ASP - 6301 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burkett's Pool Plastering Inc 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACS Asphalt Concrete Solutions Inc 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advantage Scaffold 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR SEMO Electric Cooperative 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SupHerb Farms 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Studio On Fire 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NorthState - 57 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southern Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Collin Creek Assisted Living Center Inc DBA DaySpring Senior Living 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bryant Grain Co. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE FST Logistics - Georgesville 45 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.