Hardware stores · Minnesota

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights

Columbia Heights, MN · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights: 2.1 TCR = 62% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights safety composite

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−6.3

2017→2019

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights injury rate improved

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Columbia Heights, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/59
  • PHOTO ALBANY, GA #03024
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ALBANY, GA #03024 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights averages 2.1 TCR (62% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 91% 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 #8 safest of 59 Hardware stores employers in Minnesota.

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights (30 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights
Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights (30 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Frattallone's Ace Hardware-Columbia Heights 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MN · Columbia Heights

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 27 employers in Columbia Heights, 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 ALBANY, GA #03024 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marvin's Thomasville 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lihue Ace Hardware and Crafts 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0079 - HOUSTON- JERSEY VILLAGE 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Nursery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sullivan Lake 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights ISD #13 442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crest View Corporation 270 FTE
NAT-TCR #85 Art Van Great Lakes Xing 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sales - Nashville 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Administrative Services 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rochelle UP 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Mills Complex (LMC) 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williams Plaza 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWS- Tulsa 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE #193 Art Van Woodridge 30 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.