Highway construction · California

Gordon N. Ball, Inc.

Alamo, CA · ~95 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Highway construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Gordon N. Ball, Inc.: 6.7 TCR = 239% of Highway construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. safety composite

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Gordon N. Ball, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 6.7 in 2019 to 6.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.7 · 2023=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Alamo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 239% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #500/551
  • PHOTO Henningsen Const., I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henningsen Const., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gordon N. Ball, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gordon N. Ball, Inc. averages 6.7 TCR (239% of the Highway construction BLS benchmark).

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

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. TCR series: 2019=6.7 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Gordon N. Ball, Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Highway construction establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #500 safest of 551 Highway construction employers in California.

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. (95 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Gordon N. Ball, Inc.
Gordon N. Ball, Inc. (95 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gordon N. Ball, Inc. has more employees than the Highway construction 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
2023 6.7 0.0 5 0 0
2019 6.7 4.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · CA · Alamo

4,078 Highway construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 7 employers in Alamo, CA · 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 Henningsen Const., Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montcalm County Road Commission 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Asphalt 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abingdon AHQ 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Del Llano Farms 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Los Altos Farms, LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE TreeSource 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa View Farms 2 (Madera) 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR ROUND HILL COUNTRY CLUB 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00962 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0025-0025-00962 FAC-00962-ALAMO-CA 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6962-SWY 0025 0962 136 FTE
NAT-TCR Eastside WTP Basins 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Martin-Robbins Fence Company 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Willowbrook of Effingham 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cippco Inc 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Norriseal Wellmark 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olon Industries 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE David Peyser Sportswear Inc 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&B Tallmadge LLC DBA Serpentini Chevrolet Tallmadge 95 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, 2019. 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.