Hardware stores · Illinois

Palos Hardware LLC

Palos Heights, IL · ~21 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palos Hardware LLC runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Palos Hardware LLC: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palos Hardware LLC safety composite

Palos Hardware LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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%).

Palos Hardware LLC held a steady TCR band

Palos Hardware LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Palos Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/50
  • PHOTO OFFICE
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OFFICE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palos Hardware LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palos Hardware LLC averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Palos Hardware LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Palos Hardware LLC falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 50 Hardware stores employers in Illinois.

Palos Hardware LLC (21 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Palos Hardware LLC
Palos Hardware LLC (21 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Palos Hardware LLC has fewer 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IL · Palos Heights

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Palos Heights, IL · 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 OFFICE 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burtonsville MD 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lee NH 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HQ West 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palos Community Hospital 2,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Providence Life Services 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manor Care Health Services - Palos Heights East 283 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parks and Recreation 258 FTE
NAT-TCR Carbro Constructors Corp Main 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1655 3rd St,San Francisco (MB3 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Keller Warehouse 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Airborn Inc. Addison 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Les Schwab Tire Center-Kennewick 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armstrong Garden Centers 717 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armstrong Garden Centers 716 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Les Schwab Tire Center-Spokane Veradale 21 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 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.