Hardware stores · Maine

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta

Name: N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Damariscotta, ME · ~17 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta: 6.3 TCR = 187% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta safety composite

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

Rising injury rate

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta: 4.8 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta's TCR rose 3.2 from 4.8 in 2022 to 8.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Damariscotta, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 187% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/10
PHOTO ALEXANDRIA, LA #00197
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ALEXANDRIA, LA #00197 (0.0 TCR gap)

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0215 - PHILADE

6.4
This site

6.3
ALEXANDRIA, LA

6.3
TALLAHASSEE, F

6.3
Stanford Home

6.3

What this shows N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta averages 6.3 TCR (187% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=8 · BLS 3.4

Where N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Hardware stores employers in Maine.

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta (17 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

N.C. Hunt Inc - Damariscotta has fewer 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
2023	8.0	0.0	1	0	0
2022	4.8	4.8	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · ME · Damariscotta

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 9 employers in Damariscotta, ME · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ALEXANDRIA, LA #00197	ALEXANDRIA, LA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TALLAHASSEE, FL #00238	TALLAHASSEE, FL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stanford Home Holiday Park	PITTSBURGH, PA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0215 - PHILADELPHIA, PA	PHILADELPHIA, PA	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ed Hodsdon Masonry, Inc.	MONMOUTH	17 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Portland Group Saco	SACO	17 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MORRISON & SYLVESTER, INC.	AUBURN	17 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Viking Inc Blue Hill	BLUE HILL	17 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LH -35 Miles	Damariscotta	414 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lincolnhelath /Coves Edge	Damariscotta	216 FTE
CITY-NEAR	08141 - Store # 8141 Damariscotta	Damariscotta	191 FTE
CITY-NEAR	8141	Damariscotta	165 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rocco Building Supplies, LLC	Harrisonburg, VA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Goodwill Mennonite Home	Grantsville, MD	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Smithfield Foods, Inc	Monmouth, IL	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rutland Material Recycling Facility	Rutland, VT	6.3 TCR

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: 2023, 2022. 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.