Hardware stores · Maine

Caribou

Caribou, ME · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caribou runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Caribou: 1.1 TCR = 31% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caribou safety composite

Caribou scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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

−3.1

2021→2024

Caribou injury rate improved

Caribou's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Caribou, ME AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Lanham MD
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lanham MD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caribou in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caribou averages 1.1 TCR (31% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Caribou TCR series: 2021=3.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Caribou falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Hardware stores employers in Maine.

Caribou (31 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Caribou
Caribou (31 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Caribou 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
2021 3.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · ME · Caribou

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 10 employers in Caribou, ME · 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 Lanham MD 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ODESSA, TX #00065 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunshine Ace Hardware-Port Charlotte 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alert-O-Lite Inc 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Optimum Construction 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Electric, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Installed Products Portland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE P&K Sand and Gravel, Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emerald Valley Ranches 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elderly Nursing and Skilled Care 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08438 - Store # 8438 Caribou 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8438 98 FTE
NAT-TCR America's Home Place, INC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Denton, TX 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Red River Mill 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Danfoss Power Solutions II, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Altium Packaging - Mt Airy 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unitherm Richmond 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altium Packaging - Jefferson St 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Synergy Boyceville C-Store 31 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, 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.