Hardware stores · Michigan

Hastings Ace Hardware

Hastings, MI · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hastings Ace Hardware runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Hastings Ace Hardware: 8.4 TCR = 248% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hastings Ace Hardware safety composite

Hastings Ace Hardware scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

Hastings Ace Hardware: 6.8 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024

Hastings Ace Hardware's TCR rose 3.3 from 6.8 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Hastings, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 248% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #27/34
  • PHOTO 0037 - PHOENIX, AZ
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0037 - PHOENIX, AZ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hastings Ace Hardware in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hastings Ace Hardware averages 8.4 TCR (248% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Hastings Ace Hardware TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Hastings Ace Hardware falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 34 Hardware stores employers in Michigan.

Hastings Ace Hardware (52 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 Hastings Ace Hardware
Hastings Ace Hardware (52 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Hastings Ace Hardware 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
2024 10.1 5.0 4 0 0
2016 6.8 4.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MI · Hastings

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 26 employers in Hastings, MI · 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 0037 - PHOENIX, AZ 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CENTEREACH, NY #00376 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GREAT FALLS, MT #02999 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AURORA, CO #00059 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenwood Energy Center 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hastings SC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dollins Construction Inc dba Cowhy Hayes 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR PENNOCK HOSPITAL - MICHIGAN 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flexfab LLC - Main 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Barry d/b/a Thornapple Manor 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viking Corp Hastings 296 FTE
NAT-TCR Sherwood Northeast LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Seafood - Eureka LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Champlain Plastics Inc 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Portland,ME 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntsville DC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Star Paving Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Playtime 52 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, 2016. 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.