Hardware stores · Florida

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway

Port Charlotte, FL · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway: 5.9 TCR = 173% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway safety composite

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway: 0.0 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway's TCR rose 7.7 from 0.0 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Port Charlotte, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 173% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #46/100
  • PHOTO 0011 - STOCKTON, CA
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0011 - STOCKTON, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway averages 5.9 TCR (173% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway falls in its industry

1,493 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 Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 100 Hardware stores employers in Florida.

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway (20 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway
Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway (20 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway has fewer 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
2024 7.7 7.7 1 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 1 0 0
2022 6.3 6.3 1 0 0
2021 8.1 8.1 1 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · FL · Port Charlotte

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 101 employers in Port Charlotte, FL · 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 0011 - STOCKTON, CA 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0213 - JACKSONVILLE WEST, FL 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DIY Home Center Granada Hills 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ranch One Cooperative, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Mascotte 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birdsong Peanuts Lee Florida 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Suwannee River Plant 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Port Charlotte Office 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Port Charlotte Hospice House 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Englewood Office 2,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR Englewood Hospice House 2,388 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington State Ferries 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Coyote Point Intake Shelter 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jason'S Greenhouse, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #183 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TYSXW - Fairfield Inn & Suites - West Knoxville 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE F A Maggiore & Sons, LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preferred Plastics Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of White Bear Lake - Sports Center 20 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, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.