Hardware stores · Colorado

Swanson Hardware, Inc.

Steamboat Springs, CO · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Swanson Hardware, Inc. runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Swanson Hardware, Inc.: 13.2 TCR = 389% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Swanson Hardware, Inc. safety composite

Swanson Hardware, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

Swanson Hardware, Inc.: 5.5 → 22.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 22.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Swanson Hardware, Inc.'s TCR rose 17.4 from 5.5 in 2020 to 22.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Steamboat Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 389% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/30
  • PHOTO 0502 - Tyler, Tx
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0502 - Tyler, Tx (0.0 TCR gap)

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Swanson Hardware, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Swanson Hardware, Inc. averages 13.2 TCR (389% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Swanson Hardware, Inc. TCR series: 2020=5.5 · 2022=10.9 · 2023=13.7 · 2024=22.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Swanson Hardware, Inc. falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 30 Hardware stores employers in Colorado.

Swanson Hardware, Inc. (69 employees, TCR 13.2) 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 Swanson Hardware, Inc.
Swanson Hardware, Inc. (69 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Swanson 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 22.9 0.0 10 0 0
2023 13.7 9.1 5 1 0
2022 10.9 5.5 4 0 0
2020 5.5 5.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · CO · Steamboat Springs

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 30 employers in Steamboat Springs, CO · 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 0502 - Tyler, Tx 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atwoods 13 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NYACK, NY #03292 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PORTAGE, IN #03007 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE JR Filanc Construction Company, Inc. 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers & Sons, Inc. 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bell SPI 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation 1,134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steamboat 1,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR 620-00414 150 FTE
NAT-TCR C.A.B. Construction Co. 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Angelus Block - Oxnard 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Inter-Faith Care Center 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CHAT of Michigan 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Truform Metalservice 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raising Cane'S Chicken Fingers C178 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pure Healthcare 69 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.