Commercial building construction general contractors · Indiana

Gough Incorporated

Merrillville, IN · ~63 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gough Incorporated runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Gough Incorporated: 5.7 TCR = 195% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gough Incorporated safety composite

Gough Incorporated 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.27 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.4

2018→2024

Gough Incorporated injury rate improved

Gough Incorporated's TCR fell 4.4 from 10.1 in 2018 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.1 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Merrillville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 195% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #79/93
  • PHOTO ihc construction com…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ihc construction companies llc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gough Incorporated in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gough Incorporated averages 5.7 TCR (195% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Gough Incorporated TCR series: 2018=10.1 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 2.9

Where Gough Incorporated falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #79 safest of 93 Commercial building constructi employers in Indiana.

Gough Incorporated (63 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Gough Incorporated
Gough Incorporated (63 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Gough Incorporated has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 5.7 4.3 4 0 0
2023 6.2 0.0 4 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.7 1.6 3 0 0
2020 7.3 1.8 3 1 0
2018 10.1 3.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IN · Merrillville

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, IN · 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 ihc construction companies llc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silicon Ranch Hazelhurst III Solar 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houck Industrial LLC 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weaver Companies, Inc. 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Total Seed Production 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson County REMC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loren Wood Builders 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE RLTurner 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR 275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albanese Confectionery Group 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1618 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Mental Health Center 371 FTE
NAT-TCR Marble Today Palatka 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lanier Rehabilitation Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Amu - or 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR S06553 - Prairie View Landfill 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arnold 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Regency Thornton 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Treasure Coast FL Truss 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ace Sign Co. 63 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, 2021, 2020, 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.