Hardware stores · Florida

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers

Ft. Myers, FL · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers runs at 536% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers: 18.2 TCR = 536% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers safety composite

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
D 6.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.0

2021→2024

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers injury rate improved

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers's TCR fell 1.0 from 7.0 in 2021 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 48.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.0 · 2022=48.9 · 2023=11.0 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Ft. Myers, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.2 · 536% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #98/100
  • PHOTO 0470 - SPRING HILL, FL
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0470 - SPRING HILL, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers averages 18.2 TCR (536% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

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

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers TCR series: 2021=7 · 2022=48.9 · 2023=11 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.4

Where Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #98 safest of 100 Hardware stores employers in Florida.

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers (25 employees, TCR 18.2) 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 Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers
Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers (25 employees, TCR 18.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Vision Ace Hardware, Ft. Myers 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 6.0 6.0 1 0 0
2023 11.0 5.5 2 0 0
2022 48.9 6.1 8 0 0
2021 7.0 7.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · FL · Ft. Myers

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 65 employers in Ft. Myers, 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 0470 - SPRING HILL, FL 18.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0050 - LACEY, WA 18.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lahaina Ace Hardware 18.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0200 - Ventura, CA 18.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE McKenna Brothers, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stanton 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE FM3 Ortiz Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE LC Lake City Office 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Myers 1,670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alorica - Ft. Myers 560 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lennar Southwest Florida 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arthrex Logistics Center 446 FTE
NAT-TCR Unity Hospital 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR JR Metal Frames Mfg., Inc. 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0179 Pasadena 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0134 Federal Way 18.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCarthy Tire Service #29 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon County Sheltered Workshop 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peoria Fairfield 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Stone 25 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.