Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware Grayslake

Name: Ace Hardware Grayslake Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grayslake, IL · ~28 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ace Hardware Grayslake runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Ace Hardware Grayslake: 5.5 TCR = 162% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware Grayslake safety composite

Ace Hardware Grayslake 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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 Grayslake: 5.4 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Ace Hardware Grayslake's TCR rose 0.7 from 5.4 in 2020 to 6.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 162% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #29/50
PHOTO WINSTON SALEM, NC #0…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WINSTON SALEM, NC #00208 (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.5
WINSTON SALEM,

5.5
0246 - Victori

5.5
CHULA VISTA, C

5.5
0478 - SOUTH P

5.5

What this shows Ace Hardware Grayslake averages 5.5 TCR (162% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Ace Hardware Grayslake TCR series: 2020=5.4 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware Grayslake falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware Grayslake (28 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware Grayslake 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
2024	6.0	0.0	1
2023	5.6	5.6	1
2022	5.3	5.3	1
2021	5.3	5.3	1
2020	5.4	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Grayslake

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 38 employers in Grayslake, 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	WINSTON SALEM, NC #00208	WINSTON SALEM, NC	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0246 - Victoria, TX	VICTORIA, TX	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CHULA VISTA, CA #00018	CHULA VISTA, CA	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0478 - SOUTH PORTLAND, ME	SOUTH PORTLAND, ME	5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Elite Growers, Inc.	INGLESIDE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charles River Avian Roanoke	ROANOKE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2	PRINCETON	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tracy Export, Inc.	EAST DUBUQUE	28 FTE
CITY-NEAR	C02	Grayslake	737 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-ZNCH	Grayslake	445 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grayslake Community High School District 127	Grayslake	367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grayslake	Grayslake	359 FTE
NAT-TCR	City of Fremont Park Maintenance	Fremont, CA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	S08485 - Wellsboro Hauling	Wellsboro, PA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	The James & Law Company	Clarksburg, WV	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aiken Mfg., Inc.	Crawford, GA	5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Encore Commercial Products, Inc.	Farmington Hills, MI	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority	Riverside, CA	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	McFarlan Home	Flint, MI	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jiffy Steamer Company, LLC	Union City, TN	28 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, 2020. 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.