Hardware stores · Kentucky

Ideal Supplies Inc.

Ludlow, KY · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Ideal Supplies Inc. runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Ideal Supplies Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 223% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ideal Supplies Inc. safety composite

Ideal Supplies Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−13.4

2017→2024

Ideal Supplies Inc. injury rate improved

Ideal Supplies Inc.'s TCR fell 13.4 from 13.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.4 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Ludlow, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 223% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/19
  • PHOTO CRESCENT CITY, CA #0…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CRESCENT CITY, CA #03159 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ideal Supplies Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ideal Supplies Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (223% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Ideal Supplies Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.4 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Ideal Supplies 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.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 19 Hardware stores employers in Kentucky.

Ideal Supplies Inc. (26 employees, TCR 7.6) 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 Ideal Supplies Inc.
Ideal Supplies Inc. (26 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Ideal Supplies 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2022 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2021 14.7 14.7 3 0 0
2017 13.4 4.5 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · KY · Ludlow

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 3 employers in Ludlow, KY · 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 CRESCENT CITY, CA #03159 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-0351X 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIAMI LITTLE HAVANA, FL #00519 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atwoods 60 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 830 Grassy Springs 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 222-NiSource-Ashland KY-Service Cent 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3510 COLEMAN RD PADUCAH KY 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE INTEC Group LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marketplace #756 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR 23781 STORE 23781 33 FTE
NAT-TCR GS Wood Products LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marquez Brothers Enterprises, Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Springs Fabrication, LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of San Marcos 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Johnston 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winchester Printers, Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piedmont Green Power LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Ramsey - Public Works Facility 26 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, 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.