Hardware stores · South Dakota

Ace Hardware West

Name: Ace Hardware West Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rapid City, SD · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.4
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ace Hardware West runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Ace Hardware West: 6.4 TCR = 188% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ace Hardware West safety composite

Ace Hardware West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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 West: 5.5 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Ace Hardware West's TCR rose 1.7 from 5.5 in 2016 to 7.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Rapid City, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 188% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO Marvin's Fayetteville
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marvin's Fayetteville (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.4
Marvin's Fayet

6.4
0371 - SOUTH S

6.4
Acme Tools -

6.4
0148 - LILBURN

6.4

What this shows Ace Hardware West averages 6.4 TCR (188% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Ace Hardware West TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=7.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Ace Hardware West falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Hardware stores employers in South Dakota.

Ace Hardware West (20 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ace Hardware West has fewer 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
2017	7.2	0.0	1	0	0
2016	5.5	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · SD · Rapid City

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 219 employers in Rapid City, SD · 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	Marvin's Fayetteville	FAYETTEVILLE, TN	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0371 - SOUTH SAN ANTONIO, TX	SAN ANTONIO, TX	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Acme Tools - Store Grand Forks	GRAND FORKS, ND	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0148 - LILBURN, GA	LILBURN, GA	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1883-Harrisburg, SD	HARRISBURG	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mueller Lumber Company	MITCHELL	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smart Commercial Construction, Co.	SIOUX FALLS	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Van Buskirk Construction	SIOUX FALLS	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rapid City Hospital	Rapid City	2,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Black Hills Works	Rapid City	683 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Black Hills Corp. Headquarters (SD006)	Rapid City	590 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1604	Rapid City	513 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton - LVH-H - Home Care	Hazleton, PA	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	KOA - Airport United Airlines Offices	Kona, HI	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Volvo Logistics CDC Byhalia	Byhalia, MS	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA303A	Santa Ana, CA	6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	105 Stonecrest Drive	Bellefonte, PA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport	Metairie, LA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0787 - Cullman, Al	Cullman, AL	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0751 - Ridgecrest, Ca	Ridgecrest, CA	20 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: 2017, 2016. 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.