Hardware stores · Illinois

2500 N Pulaski Rd

Name: 2500 N Pulaski Rd Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~109 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

2500 N Pulaski Rd runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade A.

2500 N Pulaski Rd: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2500 N Pulaski Rd safety composite

2500 N Pulaski Rd scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

2500 N Pulaski Rd: 1.1 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2021

2500 N Pulaski Rd's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.1 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #3/50
PHOTO Rocking R ACE Hardware
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rocking R ACE Hardware (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rocking R ACE

1.7
This site

1.6
Tashman Home C

1.6
COHASSET MA

1.6
LANCASTER, CA

1.6

What this shows 2500 N Pulaski Rd averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

2500 N Pulaski Rd TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 2500 N Pulaski Rd falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

2500 N Pulaski Rd (109 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

2500 N Pulaski Rd has more employees than the Hardware stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2021	1.8	1.8	2
2020	2.0	2.0	1
2019	1.1	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Chicago

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rocking R ACE Hardware	HARRISONBURG, VA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tashman Home Center	WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	COHASSET MA	COHASSET, MA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LANCASTER, CA #00002	LANCASTER, CA	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PRI1 Princeton, IL	PRINCETON	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Illinois American Water (Corperate Office)	BELLEVILLE	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ibuilders corp	CHICAGO	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Downtown South	CHICAGO	109 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Alpha VesselCO, LLC	Abbeville, LA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	E.P. Seal-Rite Pipeline, Inc.	El Paso, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Harrison Tile Company	Little Canada, MN	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tecan Systems	San Jose, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cornerstone Hospital	Huntington, WV	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rushmore Forest Products, Inc	Hill City, SD	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clinton Gardens	Clinton, IN	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Springhill Village	Terre Haute, IN	109 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: 2021, 2020, 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.