Wall Board and Ready MixJoint Treatment · Indiana

US Gypsum East Chicago

East Chicago, IN · ~141 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Gypsum East Chicago runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Wall Board and Ready MixJoint Treatment workplace, earning a grade B.

US Gypsum East Chicago: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Wall Board and Ready MixJoint Treatment BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Gypsum East Chicago safety composite

US Gypsum East Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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)
C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

US Gypsum East Chicago: 2.3 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2024

US Gypsum East Chicago's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.3 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · East Chicago, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Gold Bond Products, …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gold Bond Products, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Gypsum East Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Gypsum East Chicago averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Wall Board and Ready MixJoint Treatment BLS benchmark).

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

US Gypsum East Chicago TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where US Gypsum East Chicago falls in its industry

123 Wall Board and Ready MixJoint establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #5 safest of 8 Wall Board and Ready MixJoint employers in Indiana.

US Gypsum East Chicago (141 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Gypsum East Chicago
US Gypsum East Chicago (141 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

US Gypsum East Chicago has more employees than the Wall Board and Ready MixJoint Treatment median and a lower 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 3.0 1.8 4 1 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.9 1.3 3 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 3 0 0
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2018 2.3 1.5 3 0 0
2017 2.3 0.8 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · IN · East Chicago

123 Wall Board and Ready MixJoint Treatment employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in East Chicago, 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 Gold Bond Products, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PABCO Gypsum - Las Vegas 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OK057 Fletcher Gypsum 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong World Industries- Macon Ceiling Tile Plant 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Browning Chapman, LLC 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wagler Custom Homes LLC 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vincennes Bakery 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whitley Manufacturing Co., Inc. 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcelormittal Indiana Harbor 3,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor 3,192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar East Chicago 1,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar Casino and Hotel East Chicago 1,155 FTE
NAT-TCR Charleston Store #1902 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Santa Maria Electric, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Egan Company 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Beaufort County Exterminators LLC dba Hilton Head Exterminators 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sweetener Products Company 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Municipal services 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Extruded Aluminum Company, LLC 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Independent School District #0004 141 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.