Hardware stores · Missouri

Rick's Ace Hardware #491

Des Peres, MO · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Rick's Ace Hardware #491: 3.4 TCR = 99% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 safety composite

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−6.7

2018→2019

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 injury rate improved

Rick's Ace Hardware #491's TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.7 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Des Peres, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/23
  • PHOTO HEYER HARDWARE, INC.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HEYER HARDWARE, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rick's Ace Hardware #491 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rick's Ace Hardware #491 averages 3.4 TCR (99% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 TCR series: 2018=6.7 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Rick's Ace Hardware #491 falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 23 Hardware stores employers in Missouri.

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 (26 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Rick's Ace Hardware #491
Rick's Ace Hardware #491 (26 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Rick's Ace Hardware #491 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 6.7 6.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MO · Des Peres

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 13 employers in Des Peres, MO · 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 HEYER HARDWARE, INC. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR VALRICO, FL #00283 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MONTGOMERY, AL #00082 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marvin's Meridian 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Knob Noster Pullets 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE MO96-SEL-HIGHWAY 96- HENS' 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MO Hwy 96 006-0138-96, 9G 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE KCP&L - Belton Service Cetner 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR DSPRMOAS 620 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Peres 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unit # 1942 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Quarters at Des Peres 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington (PH) 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenbriar Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1855-MIDET444 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Huntsville, AL 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port Union Facility 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rosewood Day Habilitation I 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE LMMM Valley#2, LTD 26 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. 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.