Hardware stores · California

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC

Name: Friedman Brothers Hardware INC Workplace Safety Data
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Petaluma, CA · ~774 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC: 7.6 TCR = 225% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC safety composite

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 7.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC: 6.3 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2021

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC's TCR rose 3.4 from 6.3 in 2017 to 9.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Petaluma, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 225% of ind

DART 7.2 DART
RANK #142/241
PHOTO HOUSTON ALDINE, TX #…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 171 inj
SIZE ~774 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HOUSTON ALDINE, TX #03047 (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.6

What this shows Friedman Brothers Hardware INC averages 7.6 TCR (225% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=10 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=9.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Friedman Brothers Hardware INC falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #142 safest of 241 Hardware stores employers in California.

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC (774 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Friedman Brothers Hardware INC 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
2021	9.7	7.2	31	7
2020	6.6	5.0	35	1
2019	10.0	5.3	41	2
2018	5.5	4.2	29	0
2017	6.3	2.0	35	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · CA · Petaluma

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 153 employers in Petaluma, 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	HOUSTON ALDINE, TX #03047	HOUSTON, TX	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GALAX, VA #03131	GALAX, VA	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0289 - TUPELO, MS	TUPELO, MS	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SURPRISE, AZ #00663	SURPRISE, AZ	7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kirschenman Ent. Sales LP	LAMONT	774 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Robotics and Digital Solutions Santa Clara	SANTA CLARA	773 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Registrar of Voters	SANTA ANA	773 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0038-00019505	SANTA CRUZ	773 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 136	Petaluma	2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 470	Petaluma	2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR	California Department of Transportation Facility 169	Petaluma	2,859 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Solairus Aviation	Petaluma	1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR	Specialty Mfg., Inc.	Morristown, TN	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Owens & Minor Denver	Denver, CO	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ms. Carita Safetruck, Inc.	Verdi, NV	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mercy Dr.	Orlando, FL	7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Alterman, Inc.	San Antonio, TX	774 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HCR Home Care	Rochester, NY	774 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Performance Contractors, Inc. - INEOS Chocolate Bayou	Alvin, TX	774 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northrop Grumman/Propulsion Systems - Bacchus	Magna, UT	774 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: 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.