Hardware stores · Wisconsin

Qualheims True Value

Shawano, WI · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Qualheims True Value runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Qualheims True Value: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Qualheims True Value safety composite

Qualheims True Value scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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

−2.8

2016→2019

Qualheims True Value injury rate improved

Qualheims True Value's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Shawano, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/23
  • PHOTO Ace Hardware
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Hardware (0.0 TCR gap)

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Qualheims True Value in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Qualheims True Value averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Qualheims True Value TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Qualheims True Value falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 23 Hardware stores employers in Wisconsin.

Qualheims True Value (50 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Qualheims True Value
Qualheims True Value (50 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Qualheims True Value 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · WI · Shawano

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 45 employers in Shawano, WI · 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 Ace Hardware 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acme Tools - Corporate Office 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HQ East 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain Supply and Service, LLC 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ferguson's Morningside Orchard LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Windsor 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pagels Ponderosa Cropping LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&M Dittrich Mink Farm 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR ThedaCare Medical Center Shawano 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Shawano - 0564 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2271 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reinhart - Shawano - 0564 351 FTE
NAT-TCR RI0031CBC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tdw Us 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Michelin North American Headquarters 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Fire Restoration and Cleaning, LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE PDF Inc dba Berman Freightliner 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cdsd Hq - Chicago 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-SW-20730055-CS 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Earle M. Jorgensen Company Charlotte 50 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: 2019, 2018, 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.