Hardware stores · Illinois

Ace Hardware Wauconda

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

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ace Hardware Wauconda runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Ace Hardware Wauconda: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware Wauconda safety composite

Ace Hardware Wauconda scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% 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

−5.1

2021→2024

Ace Hardware Wauconda injury rate improved

Ace Hardware Wauconda's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Wauconda, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/50
  • PHOTO McLendons Sumner
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McLendons Sumner (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ace Hardware Wauconda in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ace Hardware Wauconda averages 1.3 TCR (38% 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 Wauconda TCR series: 2021=5.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware Wauconda falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #1 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Ace Hardware Wauconda (27 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Wauconda
Ace Hardware Wauconda (27 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware Wauconda 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.1 5.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Wauconda

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 46 employers in Wauconda, 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 McLendons Sumner 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mechanicsburg PA 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abbe Lumber Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greene Sentry Hardware Inc. / dba Manlius True Value 1.3 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 Synergy Flavors, Inc. 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acres Group - Wauconda facility 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berger Excavating Contractors 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wauconda, IL 157 FTE
NAT-TCR 177 - Washington Twp 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lucid Motors HQ 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Scentsy SC Temps 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Oviedo Medical Center - EVS 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nkyops-Pdm-North Ky Ops 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snyder Services 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.