Hardware stores · Minnesota

Cwikla Ace Hardware

Park Rapids, MN · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cwikla Ace Hardware runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Cwikla Ace Hardware: 3.0 TCR = 87% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cwikla Ace Hardware safety composite

Cwikla Ace Hardware scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.9

2023→2024

Cwikla Ace Hardware injury rate improved

Cwikla Ace Hardware's TCR fell 5.9 from 5.9 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Park Rapids, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/59
  • PHOTO 2807-0530X
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2807-0530X (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cwikla Ace Hardware in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cwikla Ace Hardware averages 3.0 TCR (87% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Cwikla Ace Hardware TCR series: 2023=5.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Cwikla Ace Hardware falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #13 safest of 59 Hardware stores employers in Minnesota.

Cwikla Ace Hardware (28 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Cwikla Ace Hardware
Cwikla Ace Hardware (28 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Cwikla Ace Hardware 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 5.9 5.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MN · Park Rapids

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 27 employers in Park 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 2807-0530X 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elliotts Dallas 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0379 - LAS VEGAS - SAHARA, NV 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MURFREESBORO, TN #00623 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Calves 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worthington Public Utilities 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Park Rapids Area Schools- ISD 309 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHI St. Joseph's Health 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4244 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Area Health Services 219 FTE
NAT-TCR Badgerland De Pere 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chem32 LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Montaplast of North America Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sterling Floor Designs, Ltd. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5251 - P51cos-Rial-Cos Co 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cowtown Carrollton 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cowtown Dallas 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gator Orlando 28 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. 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.