Hardware stores · Arizona

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store

Tempe, AZ · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store: 3.1 TCR = 90% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store safety composite

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store: 0.0 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store's TCR rose 12.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 12.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Tempe, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/36
  • PHOTO Pellicci Ace Hardwar…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pellicci Ace Hardware - Farmington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store averages 3.1 TCR (90% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=12.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 36 Hardware stores employers in Arizona.

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store (35 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store
Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store (35 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Paul's Ace Hardware-Tempe Store 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
2023 12.1 0.0 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · AZ · Tempe

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 569 employers in Tempe, AZ · 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 Pellicci Ace Hardware - Farmington 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0395 - UNION, NJ 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marvin's Albertville 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR INDEPENDENCE, MO #00076 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE San Simon Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trulieve - Camp Verde 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maughan Ranches, LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE DPE Materials, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALT RIVER PROJECT DISTRICT VALLEY 4,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 202376 4,627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Plants and Offices 4,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR IES Communications, LLC 3,432 FTE
NAT-TCR 8807745-WALMART/ELWOOD 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Agri Systems 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tulsa/Weleetka 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR QSI Moorefield 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Floor Technologies, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gillette Ridge Golf Club 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Life Community Services, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ozarks Electric Cooperative-Stilwell 35 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, 2020, 2019, 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.