Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Ace Hardware

Name: Ace Hardware Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Princeton, IL · ~610 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ace Hardware runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ace Hardware: 2.9 TCR = 130% of Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware safety composite

Ace Hardware scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Ace Hardware held a steady TCR band

Ace Hardware's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.8 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.8 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · Princeton, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 130% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #12/21
PHOTO San Antonio Branch
BOOK 2y book
INJ 30 inj
SIZE ~610 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: San Antonio Branch (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.9
San Antonio Br

2.9
INSOURCE PERFO

2.9
2807-104M

2.9
Waterford Plan

2.8

What this shows Ace Hardware averages 2.9 TCR (130% of the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Ace Hardware TCR series: 2021=2.8 · 2022=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Ace Hardware falls in its industry

449 Hardware (except motor vehicle establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Hardware (except motor vehicle employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware (610 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Ace Hardware has more 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
2022	3.0	2.4	15	0	0
2021	2.8	0.5	15	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · IL · Princeton

449 Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in Princeton, 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	San Antonio Branch	SAN ANTONIO, TX	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	INSOURCE PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS AT STANLEY KANNAPOLIS	CONCORD, NC	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2807-104M	LITHIA SPRINGS, GA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waterford Plant/Branch	WATERFORD, CT	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ExxonMobil Oil Corp., Joliet Refinery	CHANNAHON	610 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Factor Burr Ridge	BURR RIDGE	609 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McHenry	MCHENRY	609 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2662-7048	CHICAGO	609 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Princeton)	Princeton	591 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware	Princeton	557 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility	Princeton	413 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Monterey Mushrooms Inc	Princeton	385 FTE
NAT-TCR	CRRC MA Corporation Quincy	Quincy, MA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Qualigen, Inc.	Carlsbad, CA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	TXR Boerne	Boerne, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Teledyne Isco	Lincoln, NE	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Silverwood Theme Park	Athol, ID	610 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kansas City Headquarters 1KC	Kansas City, MO	610 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Us Foods Port Orange	Port Orange, FL	610 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Continental Automotive Systems	Fletcher, NC	610 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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