Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware 400

Name: Ace Hardware 400 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Springfield, IL · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ace Hardware 400 runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Ace Hardware 400: 9.8 TCR = 287% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware 400 safety composite

Ace Hardware 400 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 19.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

Ace Hardware 400: 0.0 → 19.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 19.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

Ace Hardware 400's TCR rose 19.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 19.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 287% of ind

DART 19.5 DART
RANK #44/50
PHOTO ONEONTA, NY #03002
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ONEONTA, NY #03002 (0.0 TCR gap)

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GRAND FORKS, N

9.8
ONEONTA, NY #0

9.7
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9.7

What this shows Ace Hardware 400 averages 9.8 TCR (287% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Ace Hardware 400 TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=19.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware 400 falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware 400 (20 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware 400 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
2020	19.5	19.5	2	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ONEONTA, NY #03002	ONEONTA, NY	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Greybull Hardware	GREYBULL, WY	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	THORNTON, CO #00498	THORNTON, CO	9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GRAND FORKS, ND #00848	GRAND FORKS, ND	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	East Ridge	PEARL	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bay Creek 4	NEW SALEM	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Deer Run	HUNTSVILLE	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grand View Farms, LLC.	LAPRAIRIE	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Medical Center	Springfield	4,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Springfield Memorial Hospital	Springfield	3,837 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Springfield Clinic, LLP	Springfield	2,870 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HSHS St. John's Hospital	Springfield	2,696 FTE
NAT-TCR	DBC Trading Post No 2 dba Buffalo Room Bar	Greenwood Village, CO	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Paoli Peaks, Inc.	Paoli, IN	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	LA Mega Parts Distribution Center - Compton	Compton, CA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Anderson SC Yard	Anderson, SC	9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Store 0780	Pilesgrove (Salem), NJ	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Logan Regional Medical Center CNS	Logan, WV	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fannin Regional Hopital -CNS	Blue Ridge, GA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	General Restoration Technologies LLC.	Columbus, OH	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: 2020, 2018. 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.