Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware 2500

Springfield, IL · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware 2500 runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Ace Hardware 2500: 4.0 TCR = 117% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware 2500 safety composite

Ace Hardware 2500 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.9

2018→2022

Ace Hardware 2500 injury rate improved

Ace Hardware 2500's TCR fell 6.9 from 6.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 117% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/50
  • PHOTO Lumberjacks Algonac
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lumberjacks Algonac (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware 2500 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware 2500 averages 4.0 TCR (117% 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 2500 TCR series: 2018=6.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware 2500 falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #20 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware 2500 (21 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 2500
Ace Hardware 2500 (21 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware 2500 has fewer 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 6.1 6.1 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Springfield

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 311 employers in Springfield, 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 Lumberjacks Algonac 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DEL RIO, TX #03056 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR EASTLAKE, OH #00202 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frattallone's Ace Hardware-White Bear Lake 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Medical Center 4,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Memorial Hospital 3,837 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Clinic, LLP 2,870 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSHS St. John's Hospital 2,696 FTE
NAT-TCR Tarter Gate West 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-ASM-CT 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Caparra Online 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01209 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE IPG Longview 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Puckett Rents - Biloxi 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 9 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Ralph Hernandez Co. Inc. 21 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: 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.