Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware 11700

Lincoln, IL · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware 11700 runs at 409% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Ace Hardware 11700: 13.9 TCR = 409% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware 11700 safety composite

Ace Hardware 11700 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Ace Hardware 11700 held a steady TCR band

Ace Hardware 11700's TCR held near 0.2 from 9.3 in 2018 to 9.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 32.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.3 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=32.0 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=9.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Lincoln, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 409% of ind

  • DART 9.6 DART
  • RANK #49/50
  • PHOTO TIFTON, GA #02988
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TIFTON, GA #02988 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware 11700 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware 11700 averages 13.9 TCR (409% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Ace Hardware 11700 TCR series: 2018=9.3 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=15.7 · 2021=32 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware 11700 falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware 11700 (20 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Ace Hardware 11700
Ace Hardware 11700 (20 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware 11700 has fewer employees than the Hardware stores median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 9.6 9.6 1 0 0
2022 8.6 8.6 1 0 0
2021 32.0 16.0 4 0 0
2020 15.7 15.7 2 0 0
2019 8.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 9.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Lincoln

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 45 employers in Lincoln, IL · 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 TIFTON, GA #02988 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TIMONIUM, MD #03340 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0020 - ORANGE, CA 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAYSVILLE, KY #03023 13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR LINCOLN IL 726 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lincoln Memorial Hospital 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 199 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Sugar Hill 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chandler #129 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Potter South East, LLC 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hancock Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Pre-Cast, Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alloy Resources Corporation 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlos Lopez & Associates LLC, ABH 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Future Air 20 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.