Hardware stores · California

Cole Hardware- Rockridge

Name: Cole Hardware- Rockridge Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Oakland, CA · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cole Hardware- Rockridge runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Cole Hardware- Rockridge: 3.1 TCR = 92% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cole Hardware- Rockridge safety composite

Cole Hardware- Rockridge scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 3.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cole Hardware- Rockridge: 0.0 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Cole Hardware- Rockridge's TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 5.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Oakland, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 92% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #46/241
PHOTO Evergreen Ace
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Evergreen Ace (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.1
Evergreen Ace

3.1
SAULT SAINTE M

3.1
0736 - AIKEN,

3.1
Ace Hardware M

3.1

What this shows Cole Hardware- Rockridge averages 3.1 TCR (92% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Cole Hardware- Rockridge TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=5 · BLS 3.4

Where Cole Hardware- Rockridge falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 241 Hardware stores employers in California.

Cole Hardware- Rockridge (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Cole Hardware- Rockridge has fewer 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	Injuries
2022	5.0	1
2021	4.3	1
2020	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · CA · Oakland

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 458 employers in Oakland, CA · 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	Evergreen Ace	EVERGREEN, CO	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI #03079	SAULT SAINTE MA, MI	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0736 - AIKEN, SC	AIKEN, SC	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ace Hardware McHenry	MCHENRY, IL	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	LaGrande Farms	WILLIAMS	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Del Carlo Farms, Inc.	STOCKTON	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Linda Vista Farms	RIVERDALE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP	BAKERSFIELD	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Oakland Unified School District	Oakland	4,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2032-02120301	Oakland	4,408 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0206-02620301	Oakland	3,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2032-02620301	Oakland	2,922 FTE
NAT-TCR	Elite Glass & Metal, LLC	Johnston, IA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Henriksen Contracting, LLC	Grimes, IA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	GEODynamics Legacy	Millsap, TX	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Performance Heating & Cooling	Wilson, NC	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HMB Steel Corp.	Rockledge, FL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Strip Steel Inc.	Delanco, NJ	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aeromix Systems Inc dba Fluence	Minneapolis, MN	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pediatric Health Choice-Flowood	Flowood, MS	22 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.