Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware Antioch

Antioch, IL · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware Antioch runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Ace Hardware Antioch: 5.3 TCR = 156% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware Antioch safety composite

Ace Hardware Antioch 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ace Hardware Antioch: 0.0 → 14.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Ace Hardware Antioch's TCR rose 14.9 from 0.0 in 2021 to 14.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 156% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #28/50
  • PHOTO 0432 - BLACKWOOD, NJ
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0432 - BLACKWOOD, NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware Antioch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware Antioch averages 5.3 TCR (156% 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 Antioch TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=14.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware Antioch falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 59% 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 #28 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware Antioch (23 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 Antioch
Ace Hardware Antioch (23 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware Antioch 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 14.9 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.3 6.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Antioch

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Antioch, 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 0432 - BLACKWOOD, NJ 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brattleboro VT 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR REDDING, CA #00023 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colchester VT 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antioch Handi-Foil 1,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5199 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5199 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antioch 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Hall 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR UMTrailHouse981 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Martin Sprocket & Gear Sac 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond Community Hospital 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seneca Warehouse 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Houses of California. Inc. - Calipatria 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ayrshire 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE MOA, M&O, Fleet Mx, Bering St 23 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.