Forklift repair and maintenance services · Ohio

The A J Gates Company

Solon, OH · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The A J Gates Company runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forklift repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.

The A J Gates Company: 6.6 TCR = 313% of Forklift repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The A J Gates Company safety composite

The A J Gates Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−6.4

2019→2024

The A J Gates Company injury rate improved

The A J Gates Company's TCR fell 6.4 from 10.9 in 2019 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.9 · 2020=15.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Solon, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 313% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #111/121
  • PHOTO Washburn
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Washburn (0.0 TCR gap)

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The A J Gates Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The A J Gates Company averages 6.6 TCR (313% of the Forklift repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

The A J Gates Company TCR series: 2019=10.9 · 2020=15 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.1

Where The A J Gates Company falls in its industry

2,560 Forklift repair and maintenanc establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 121 Forklift repair and maintenanc employers in Ohio.

The A J Gates Company (27 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate The A J Gates Company
The A J Gates Company (27 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

The A J Gates Company has fewer employees than the Forklift repair and maintenance services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.1 4.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 15.0 3.8 4 0 0
2019 10.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · OH · Solon

2,560 Forklift repair and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 145 employers in Solon, OH · 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 Washburn 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Himes Service Company 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Busch. LLC Norristown 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jeff Creque Farms Inc 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Pond Gardens Inc 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wen Mar Farms, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 2 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok OFC 1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Order Fulfillment Center 1,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle USA 1,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok Main Plant 1,051 FTE
NAT-TCR Associated Well Services, Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Webster (101) 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CRB Dalton 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 2538 - Martinsburg 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bay Fastening Systems 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carrico Implement Company, Inc. Ellsworth 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lynwood Building Materials, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laguardia Retail Management Corp. 27 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, 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.