Hardware stores · Maine

Houlton

Houlton, ME · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houlton runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Houlton: 3.2 TCR = 95% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houlton safety composite

Houlton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−3.7

2016→2024

Houlton injury rate improved

Houlton's TCR fell 3.7 from 5.9 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Houlton, ME AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 95% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO 0749 - GREENWOOD, IN
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0749 - GREENWOOD, IN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houlton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houlton averages 3.2 TCR (95% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Houlton TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Houlton falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Hardware stores employers in Maine.

Houlton (42 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Houlton
Houlton (42 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Houlton 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
2024 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.9 2.0 2 0 0
2021 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 5.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · ME · Houlton

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 25 employers in Houlton, ME · 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 0749 - GREENWOOD, IN 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0636 - YUCCA VALLEY, CA 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0660 - WALLED LAKE, MI 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR KINGMAN, AZ #03214 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Saco Public Works Department 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tambrands 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cianbro Equipment LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAPPI Fine Paper/Hinckley 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madigan Estates 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1974 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site A 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08439 - Store # 8439 Houlton 105 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Woodhaven Brownstown School Di 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lawson Companies 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR R.B. Hash & Associates, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Insta-Pro International 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Koerner Distributor, Inc. - Carterville 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 208 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 009 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafayette, in Branch 42 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.