Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers · Oregon
Chown Hardware
Portland, OR · ~87 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Chown Hardware runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Chown Hardware: 1.9 TCR = 86% of Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Chown Hardware safety composite
Chown Hardware scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% 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
Chown Hardware: 1.1 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2024
Chown Hardware's TCR rose 2.6 from 1.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423710 · Portland, OR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 86% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #1/7
- PHOTO Kimball Midwest
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kimball Midwest (0.0 TCR gap)
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Chown Hardware in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Chown Hardware
1.9 TCR
- Kimball Midwes
Kimball Midwest
1.9 TCR
- Central MO Fie
Central MO Field Sales - PLANO TX
1.9 TCR
- Miami
Miami
1.9 TCR
- Fastening Solu
Fastening Solutions - Montgomery
1.9 TCR
What this shows Chown Hardware averages 1.9 TCR (86% of the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Chown Hardware TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Chown Hardware falls in its industry
449 Hardware (except motor vehicle establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Hardware (except motor vehicle employers in Oregon.
Chown Hardware has more employees than the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423710 · OR · Portland
449 Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 | Kimball Midwest | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central MO Field Sales - PLANO TX | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Miami | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fastening Solutions - Montgomery | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | KCK Farms LLC | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BNW Boardman | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pence Construction, LLC | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Terzo Gresham | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OHSU Main Campus | 18,003 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA | 4,033 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND | 3,684 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2252-00000530 | 3,498 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fire Tech Systems, Inc. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 28-Dallas Marriott Las Colinas | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tri-State Drilling | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 30 Catawba Logistics | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 20/20 Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Horizontal Machining & Mfg. Inc. | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | David M. Maines Associates, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Russell Hinton Co. | 87 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.