Hardware stores · Florida

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo

Largo, FL · ~37 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-Largo runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

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

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo safety composite

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo held a steady TCR band

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo's TCR held near 0.3 from 9.5 in 2018 to 9.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.5 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Largo, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 173% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #47/100
  • PHOTO 0213 - JACKSONVILLE …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0213 - JACKSONVILLE WEST, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo 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-Largo TCR series: 2018=9.5 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=9.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 52% 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 #47 safest of 100 Hardware stores employers in Florida.

Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo (37 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-Largo
Sunshine Ace Hardware-Largo (37 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-Largo 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
2024 9.2 4.6 2 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.8 8.8 2 0 0
2018 9.5 9.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · FL · Largo

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 165 employers in Largo, 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 0213 - JACKSONVILLE WEST, FL 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunshine Ace Hardware-Kingsway 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0011 - STOCKTON, CA 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FORT WORTH, TX #00048 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE TransGro 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Packinghouse 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Park Service Center 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gladiolus Service Center 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR BayCare Home Care Medical Supply (7251) 1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR HCA FLORIDA LARGO HOSPITAL 1,467 FTE
CITY-NEAR Largo Medical Center 1,027 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conmed - Largo 1,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Dalad Construction 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mohr-Fry Ranches 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR VCSS Victorville 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Shawmut 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kihl Holdings LLC 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carter Services Inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palm Desert 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novastar LP 37 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.