Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware Gurnee

Gurnee, IL · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware Gurnee runs at 362% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Ace Hardware Gurnee: 12.3 TCR = 362% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware Gurnee safety composite

Ace Hardware Gurnee scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

TCR Δ

−15.2

2021→2024

Ace Hardware Gurnee injury rate improved

Ace Hardware Gurnee's TCR fell 15.2 from 29.1 in 2021 to 13.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 29.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=29.1 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=13.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 362% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/50
  • PHOTO MORRIS LEVIN AND SON
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MORRIS LEVIN AND SON (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware Gurnee in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware Gurnee averages 12.3 TCR (362% 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 Gurnee TCR series: 2021=29.1 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=13.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware Gurnee falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #48 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware Gurnee (27 employees, TCR 12.3) 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 Gurnee
Ace Hardware Gurnee (27 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware Gurnee 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
2024 13.9 0.0 1 1 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.3 6.3 1 0 0
2021 29.1 5.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Gurnee

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 91 employers in Gurnee, 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 MORRIS LEVIN AND SON 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0515 - LEMON GROVE, CA 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0132 - GREEN BAY, WI 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MARQUETTE, MI #03137 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARDx Gurnee J54 2,661 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Wolf Lodge Illinois 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1668 339 FTE
NAT-TCR St.Peters Manor Care Center 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BKLBROOKLYNNY 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PAL Spokane LLC 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Honey Holding I Ltd dba Honey Solutions 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Snyder Services 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nkyops-Pdm-North Ky Ops 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverside Electronics - Riverside Electronics 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cultivation 27 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.