Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit)

Summit, IL · ~18 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit): 4.1 TCR = 186% of Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) safety composite

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−7.1

2016→2020

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) injury rate improved

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit)'s TCR fell 7.1 from 7.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=13.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · Summit, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 186% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/21
  • PHOTO Ace Hardware Retail …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Hardware Retail Support Center, Gainesville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) averages 4.1 TCR (186% of the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=13.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) falls in its industry

449 Hardware (except motor vehicle establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Hardware (except motor vehicle employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) (18 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit)
Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) (18 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Ace Hardware Freight Consolidation Center (Summit) has fewer employees than the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 13.4 6.7 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.1 7.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · IL · Summit

449 Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 24 employers in Summit, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Ace Hardware Retail Support Center, Gainesville 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TruFit Products Utah 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wesco Aircraft - VTMAE Site 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stainless Steel Fittings LLC 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lone Hollow, LLC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lincoln 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avangrid Renewables - Top of Iowa II.Barton.Winnebego 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - GS Meter Shop and Engr 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARBOR - ARGO COMMUNITY SD 2017 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUMMIT CHICAGO METRO DC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000596 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Talerico Martin 7224 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR 43131A - SUMMIT (CHICAGO METRO) DC 217 FTE
NAT-TCR 505 - Manassas Branch 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Technical Ceramics 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Printing Concepts Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RIH - Residence Inn Chapel Hill 4.1 TCR

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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.