Home Centers · Arizona
0488 Carefree
Cave Creek, AZ · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
0488 Carefree runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Home Centers workplace, earning a grade D.
0488 Carefree: 5.9 TCR = 172% of Home Centers BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
0488 Carefree safety composite
0488 Carefree scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
0488 Carefree: 5.6 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024
0488 Carefree's TCR rose 0.5 from 5.6 in 2023 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444110 · Cave Creek, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 172% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #80/109
- PHOTO Valu Home Center #33
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Valu Home Center #33 (0.0 TCR gap)
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0488 Carefree in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
0488 Carefree
5.9 TCR
- Valu Home Cent
Valu Home Center #33
5.9 TCR
- 2578 OCEAN CIT
2578 OCEAN CITY
5.9 TCR
- 6005 GILLETTE
6005 GILLETTE
5.9 TCR
- 6316 LAKE WORT
6316 LAKE WORTH II
5.9 TCR
What this shows 0488 Carefree averages 5.9 TCR (172% of the Home Centers BLS benchmark).
0488 Carefree TCR series: 2023=5.6 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.4
Where 0488 Carefree falls in its industry
6,309 Home Centers establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #80 safest of 109 Home Centers employers in Arizona.
0488 Carefree has fewer employees than the Home Centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444110 · AZ · Cave Creek
6,309 Home Centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 13 employers in Cave Creek, AZ · 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 | Valu Home Center #33 | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2578 OCEAN CITY | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6005 GILLETTE | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6316 LAKE WORTH II | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FSG-AZ- VAI Resort | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HIGH DESERT COMMUNICATIONS | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Phoenix | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Immedia LLC | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5835 | 237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5835 | 222 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 660-00474 | 140 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 660-00067 | 112 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tnmeh - Livingston Healthcare Service Tn | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HF rubber machinery | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | White Sands Construction, Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Andersons Inc. - Seymour | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 3807 Westgate | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Police Department | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roy Miller Freight Lines LLC | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grandville | 88 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.