Hardware stores · Maryland

EMCO---Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg, MD · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EMCO---Gaithersburg runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

EMCO---Gaithersburg: 9.0 TCR = 264% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMCO---Gaithersburg safety composite

EMCO---Gaithersburg scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−6.0

2017→2023

EMCO---Gaithersburg injury rate improved

EMCO---Gaithersburg's TCR fell 6.0 from 11.7 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.7 · 2018=14.1 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 264% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/21
  • PHOTO OWENSBORO, KY #02924
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OWENSBORO, KY #02924 (0.0 TCR gap)

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EMCO---Gaithersburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EMCO---Gaithersburg averages 9.0 TCR (264% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

EMCO---Gaithersburg TCR series: 2017=11.7 · 2018=14.1 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=6 · 2022=6 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 3.4

Where EMCO---Gaithersburg falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #16 safest of 21 Hardware stores employers in Maryland.

EMCO---Gaithersburg (31 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 EMCO---Gaithersburg
EMCO---Gaithersburg (31 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

EMCO---Gaithersburg has more employees than the Hardware stores median and a higher 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 5.8 0.0 2 0 0
2022 6.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2020 15.8 6.3 5 0 0
2019 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2018 14.1 3.5 4 0 0
2017 11.7 5.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MD · Gaithersburg

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 202 employers in Gaithersburg, MD · 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 OWENSBORO, KY #02924 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0517 - DEWITT, NY 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR VINELAND, NJ #00201 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crown Ace Hardware Yucaipa 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eichberg Construction, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manekin Construction, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE J C PORTER CONSTRUCTION 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE S.A. Comunale - District of Columbia 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR AstraZeneca Gaithersburg Campus 4,117 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDGAI - GAITHERSBURG HUB 794 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist Healthcare Support Center to SGMC 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDGAI - GAITHERSBURG-PACKAGE CENTER 759 FTE
NAT-TCR Dunmore Health Care Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Times Supermarket Beretania 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0147 - Arapahoe 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR General Services 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bergey's Heavy Duty Truck Parts 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Pro Baseball 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hattiesburg Management Office 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smyrna Dirt Cheap 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.