Retail Hardware Stores · North Carolina

Sanford, Nc #03004

Sanford, NC · ~16 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanford, Nc #03004 runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Hardware Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Sanford, Nc #03004: 5.8 TCR = 171% of Retail Hardware Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanford, Nc #03004 safety composite

Sanford, Nc #03004 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−0.6

2019→2023

Sanford, Nc #03004 injury rate improved

Sanford, Nc #03004's TCR fell 0.6 from 10.0 in 2019 to 9.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.0 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Sanford, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 171% of ind

  • DART 9.4 DART
  • RANK #11/40
  • PHOTO Maxwell Hardware & L…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maxwell Hardware & Lumber Co., Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanford, Nc #03004 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanford, Nc #03004 averages 5.8 TCR (171% of the Retail Hardware Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Sanford, Nc #03004 TCR series: 2019=10 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=9.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Sanford, Nc #03004 falls in its industry

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 40 Retail Hardware Stores employers in North Carolina.

Sanford, Nc #03004 (16 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Sanford, Nc #03004
Sanford, Nc #03004 (16 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Sanford, Nc #03004 has fewer employees than the Retail 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 9.4 9.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 9.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 10.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · NC · Sanford

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 121 employers in Sanford, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Maxwell Hardware & Lumber Co., Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRADENTON, FL #00509 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0087 - MOBILE, AL 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics NC Field Off 005-0124, 25, 27, 33 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Corp Kinston NC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Residential Charlotte 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coty US LLC 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pentair Sanford Hawkins Ave 937 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanford, NC 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pentair Water Pool and Spa 768 FTE
NAT-TCR Duval Cty #7 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Marinette SD* 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR New Engl Co Gilmore 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Isabella County Medical* 5.8 TCR

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. 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.