Casino hotels · Nevada

Gold Dust West Elko

Elko, NV · ~143 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gold Dust West Elko runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Casino hotels workplace, earning a grade D.

Gold Dust West Elko: 4.7 TCR = 158% of Casino hotels BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gold Dust West Elko safety composite

Gold Dust West Elko scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Gold Dust West Elko held a steady TCR band

Gold Dust West Elko's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.9 in 2023 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.9 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 721120 · Elko, NV ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 158% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #122/165
  • PHOTO Prairie Meadows Race…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gold Dust West Elko in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gold Dust West Elko averages 4.7 TCR (158% of the Casino hotels BLS benchmark).

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

Gold Dust West Elko TCR series: 2023=4.9 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.0

Where Gold Dust West Elko falls in its industry

381 Casino hotels establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nevada alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #122 safest of 165 Casino hotels employers in Nevada.

Gold Dust West Elko (143 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 725 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Gold Dust West Elko
Gold Dust West Elko (143 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 725 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Gold Dust West Elko has fewer employees than the Casino hotels median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 4.6 3.3 6 1 0
2023 4.9 4.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

721120 · NV · Elko

381 Casino hotels employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,574 rated employers in Nevada with headcount on file · 73 employers in Elko, NV · 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 Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Win-River Resort and Casino 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magnolia Bluffs Casino Hotel 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MGM National Harbor 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE SWG SOUTH OPS OFFICE 0021-FAC49 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Desert Fire Protection, LP 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun State Components 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE 706-00347 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR National EWP 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Basin College 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2402 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2402 328 FTE
NAT-TCR 2303 Lexington 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Munch's Supply IL/IN - Elgin 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Collier Development Co., Inc d/b/a Creekstone Inn 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Avancez Assembly Hazel Park 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sabre Industries, Utility Division 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle Pass Office 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawrence Transportation Systems Inc. 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE White Oak Manor Burlington 143 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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