Hardware except motor vehicle merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware
Princeton, IL · ~557 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware except motor vehicle merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware: 3.1 TCR = 139% of Hardware except motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware safety composite
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% 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
−1.0
2022→2024
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware injury rate improved
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.0 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=3.0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423710 · Princeton, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 139% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #13/21
- PHOTO Largo
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~557 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Largo (0.0 TCR gap)
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Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware
3.1 TCR
- Ace Hardware R
Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Wilmer)
3.1 TCR
- Kimball Midwes
Kimball Midwest Arlington
3.1 TCR
- Largo
Largo
3 TCR
- BBI Suwanee
BBI Suwanee
3 TCR
What this shows Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware averages 3.1 TCR (139% of the Hardware except motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware TCR series: 2022=3 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.2
Where Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware falls in its industry
449 Hardware except motor vehicle establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 21 Hardware except motor vehicle employers in Illinois.
Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware has more employees than the Hardware except motor vehicle merchant w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423710 · IL · Princeton
449 Hardware except motor vehicle merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in Princeton, 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 | Largo | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Wilmer) | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BBI Suwanee | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kimball Midwest Arlington | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Charles - Kirk Road | 557 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2045-00051W | 557 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | O'FALLON SCHOOL DISTRICT #90 | 557 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plexus Corp | 556 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Hardware | 610 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Princeton) | 591 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility | 413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monterey Mushrooms Inc | 385 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Koweta Indian Health Facility | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madison Distribution Center | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Menno, SD | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1780 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mb Labor Contracting Inc | 557 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 064 | 557 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cagwin & Dorward | 557 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Advance Auto Parts DC 29 | 557 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.