Hardware stores · Iowa

Acme Tools - Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Acme Tools - Des Moines runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Acme Tools - Des Moines: 6.6 TCR = 193% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Acme Tools - Des Moines safety composite

Acme Tools - Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−4.7

2016→2017

Acme Tools - Des Moines injury rate improved

Acme Tools - Des Moines's TCR fell 4.7 from 8.9 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 193% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #9/14
  • PHOTO Seright's Ace Hardwa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seright's Ace Hardware Coeur d'Alene (0.0 TCR gap)

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Acme Tools - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Acme Tools - Des Moines averages 6.6 TCR (193% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Acme Tools - Des Moines TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=4.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Acme Tools - Des Moines falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Hardware stores employers in Iowa.

Acme Tools - Des Moines (26 employees, TCR 6.6) 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 Acme Tools - Des Moines
Acme Tools - Des Moines (26 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Acme Tools - Des Moines 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2016 8.9 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IA · Des Moines

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 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 Seright's Ace Hardware Coeur d'Alene 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0295 - LOMBARD, IL 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR McLendons 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR READING, PA #00162 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastwood Sow Unit 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4806-Urbandale, IA 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBQ Downtown Office 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR North Shore - Pittsburgh (Pabea) 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Traemand Installation Services 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR International Paper - Butler Tri Wall 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Detroit Lucas Dr 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0765 - Roseburg, or 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0391 - Avondale, Az 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0215 - Philadelphia, Pa 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0213 - Jacksonville West, Fl 26 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.