Retail Hardware Stores · Maryland

Elkton, Md #03297

Elkton, MD · ~17 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkton, Md #03297 runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Hardware Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Elkton, Md #03297: 4.2 TCR = 123% of Retail Hardware Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkton, Md #03297 safety composite

Elkton, Md #03297 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−8.4

2022→2023

Elkton, Md #03297 injury rate improved

Elkton, Md #03297's TCR fell 8.4 from 8.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=8.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Elkton, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/21
  • PHOTO 2807-0201X
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2807-0201X (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkton, Md #03297 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkton, Md #03297 averages 4.2 TCR (123% of the Retail Hardware Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Elkton, Md #03297 TCR series: 2022=8.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Elkton, Md #03297 falls in its industry

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Retail Hardware Stores employers in Maryland.

Elkton, Md #03297 (17 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 Elkton, Md #03297
Elkton, Md #03297 (17 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Elkton, Md #03297 has fewer employees than the Retail 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MD · Elkton

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 76 employers in Elkton, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 2807-0201X 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMCLO Home and Hardware 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AUGUSTA, GA #00209 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAUREL, MD #00175 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stonehall Condos (Woodmont View) 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE C H Attick Electric, Inc. 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirlin Design Build 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baltimore Store 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Union Hospital of Cecil County 1,231 FTE
CITY-NEAR TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION 835 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Elkton 630 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGDS-MD50 597 FTE
NAT-TCR Buurma Farms Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (85) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrollton Copper Rod Mill 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Micro Manufacturing Inc. 4.2 TCR

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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.