Hardware stores · Minnesota

Ace Hardware and Paint

Name: Ace Hardware and Paint Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lakeville, MN · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ace Hardware and Paint runs at 259% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Ace Hardware and Paint: 8.8 TCR = 259% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware and Paint safety composite

Ace Hardware and Paint scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 17.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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 and Paint: 0.0 → 17.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Ace Hardware and Paint's TCR rose 17.6 from 0.0 in 2022 to 17.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Lakeville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 259% of ind

DART 17.6 DART
RANK #42/59
PHOTO 2807-0250X
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2807-0250X (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ace Hardware and Paint averages 8.8 TCR (259% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Ace Hardware and Paint TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=17.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware and Paint falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 59 Hardware stores employers in Minnesota.

Ace Hardware and Paint (46 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware and Paint has more 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	17.6	17.6	2	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MN · Lakeville

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 141 employers in Lakeville, MN · 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	2807-0250X	SALINAS, CA	8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atwoods 38	GREENVILLE, TX	8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0695 - SOMERSET, KY	SOMERSET, KY	8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Harris Ace Hardware, LLP	JANESVILLE, WI	8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Canby	CANBY	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elk River Municipal Utilities	ELK RIVER	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rogers	ROGERS	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	District Energy Saint Paul	SAINT PAUL	46 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lakeville Technical Center	Lakeville	645 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schmitty & Sons	Lakeville	640 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Foods Solutions	Lakeville	634 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1484 - Lakeville	Lakeville	414 FTE
NAT-TCR	Joe and Mary Mottino Family YMCA	San Diego, CA	8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	JJK Construction, LLC-Main	Ceresco, NE	8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Excellent Coffee Co	Pawtucket, RI	8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	1997 - Monroe Township Nj Return Center	Monroe Township, NJ	8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Haynes Materials	Oxford, CT	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Drew-Hamilton	New York, NY	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dirt & Aggregate Interchange Inc	Fairview, OR	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Coast Magnetics	Los Angeles, CA	46 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. 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.