Hardware stores · North Dakota

Acme Tools - Bismarck

Name: Acme Tools - Bismarck Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bismarck, ND · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Acme Tools - Bismarck runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Acme Tools - Bismarck: 6.8 TCR = 199% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Acme Tools - Bismarck safety composite

Acme Tools - Bismarck scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: D 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

Acme Tools - Bismarck: 4.9 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2017

Acme Tools - Bismarck's TCR rose 3.7 from 4.9 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Bismarck, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 199% of ind

DART 5.8 DART
RANK #7/10
PHOTO Gross Family Ent. Inc
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gross Family Ent. Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.8
Gross Family E

6.8
Frattallones W

6.8
PEARL, MS #000

6.7
Vision Ace Har

6.7

What this shows Acme Tools - Bismarck averages 6.8 TCR (199% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Acme Tools - Bismarck TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=8.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Acme Tools - Bismarck falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Hardware stores employers in North Dakota.

Acme Tools - Bismarck (42 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Acme Tools - Bismarck 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
2017	8.6	5.8	3	0	0
2016	4.9	2.5	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · ND · Bismarck

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 188 employers in Bismarck, ND · 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	Gross Family Ent. Inc	ORMOND BEACH, FL	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Frattallones White Bear Lake	WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PEARL, MS #00090	PEARL, MS	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vision Ace Hardware, Labelle	LABELLE, FL	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Residential Real Estate Professionals	FARGO	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Watford City Mechanic Shop	WATFORD CITY	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	True North Equipment Grand Forks	GRAND FORKS	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	43959 - FARGO DC	FARGO	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Bismarck-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Bismarck	2,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,BISMARCK - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Bismarck	1,715 FTE
CITY-NEAR	33180001-331801 ST ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER DBA CHI ST ALE	Bismarck	1,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bobcat Doosan Bismarck	Bismarck	1,206 FTE
NAT-TCR	0070-CHS NorthEast	Concord, NC	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Parris Island Center (Scbea)	Beaufort, SC	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Port Allen (Lapor)	Port Allen, LA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lathrop (Calth)	Lathrop, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Avanti Wind Systems, Inc.	Franklin, WI	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	WSW	Warsaw, IN	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Bethany Inc	Bethany, MO	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ottawa Cooperative Association	Ottawa, KS	42 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.