Hardware stores · Minnesota

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co

Grand Rapids, MN · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co: 4.7 TCR = 139% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co safety composite

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−1.6

2022→2024

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co injury rate improved

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co's TCR fell 1.6 from 7.5 in 2022 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.5 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Grand Rapids, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/59
  • PHOTO Ace Hardware 11920
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Hardware 11920 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co averages 4.7 TCR (139% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co TCR series: 2022=7.5 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 59 Hardware stores employers in Minnesota.

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co (30 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co
Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co (30 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Burggraf's Ace Hardware & Paint Co 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 5.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 7.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MN · Grand Rapids

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Grand Rapids, MN · 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 Ace Hardware 11920 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHERMAN, TX #00512 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAWRENCEVILLE, GA #03121 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BILLINGS, MT #00207 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Nursery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital 706 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grand Itasca Clniic & Hospital 665 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1609 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1609 301 FTE
NAT-TCR Doug Lamb Construction Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Alliedbean Demolition 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Island Park-Ny59 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NOC Surgery Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Water/Sewer Maintenance 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Galaxy Victorian LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kaytec Richford 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE PDSI 30 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. 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.