Hardware stores · California

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc.

Escalon, CA · ~127 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc.: 9.5 TCR = 281% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. safety composite

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc.: 9.7 → 14.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.9 from 9.7 in 2021 to 14.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Escalon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 281% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #172/241
  • PHOTO NW INDY-MICHIGAN RD,…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NW INDY-MICHIGAN RD, IN #03371 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. averages 9.5 TCR (281% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. TCR series: 2021=9.7 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=14.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #172 safest of 241 Hardware stores employers in California.

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. (127 employees, TCR 9.5) 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 Strand Ace Hardware, Inc.
Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. (127 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Strand Ace Hardware, Inc. has more employees than the Hardware stores median and a higher 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
2024 14.5 0.0 3 0 0
2023 6.3 3.6 7 0 0
2022 7.7 0.0 10 0 0
2021 9.7 2.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · CA · Escalon

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 23 employers in Escalon, CA · 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 NW INDY-MICHIGAN RD, IN #03371 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DELANO, CA #02990 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OCALA, FL #00115 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEDFORD, OR #00040 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Christensen & Giannini LLC 1588 Moffett St., Ste B 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hokto Kinoko Company 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Booth Ranches LLC - BR2 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3019_5835 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Escalon Premier Brands 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Escalon Premier Brand 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eckert Cold Storage 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hogan Mfg. Inc. 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Whyco Finishing Technologies LLC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DFL7 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DCM3 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Massey Services #47 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE United Construction Co Inc 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Showcase Window and Door Company 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Journeyman Distillery, LLC 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ambassador Floor 127 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.