Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware Libertyville

Libertyville, IL · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware Libertyville runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Ace Hardware Libertyville: 3.7 TCR = 110% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware Libertyville safety composite

Ace Hardware Libertyville 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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 Libertyville: 0.0 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Ace Hardware Libertyville's TCR rose 10.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 10.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/50
  • PHOTO 0029 - WESTMINSTER, CA
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0029 - WESTMINSTER, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware Libertyville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware Libertyville averages 3.7 TCR (110% 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 Libertyville TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=5 · 2023=0 · 2024=10 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware Libertyville falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #16 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware Libertyville (35 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Libertyville
Ace Hardware Libertyville (35 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware Libertyville 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 10.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Libertyville

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 71 employers in Libertyville, 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 0029 - WESTMINSTER, CA 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR GREENSBURG, PA #00541 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marvin's Calera 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atwoods 52 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Beloit Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPage Water Commission 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Condell Medical Center 1,903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brightstar, US 1,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aldridge Electric 1,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hollister Incorporated Libertyville 580 FTE
NAT-TCR Apex Tool Group 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln Industries 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 5802 - Saginaw 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Focused Care at Hogan Park 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Des Moines IA 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jensen Family Farms Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martins Welding 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE RedGuard - New Iberia Fabrication Center 35 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.