Hardware stores · Florida

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon

Tarpon Springs, FL · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon: 9.1 TCR = 266% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon safety composite

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon: 0.0 → 16.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon's TCR rose 16.7 from 0.0 in 2021 to 16.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Tarpon Springs, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 266% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #73/100
  • PHOTO 0421 - HASBROUCK HEI…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0421 - HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon averages 9.1 TCR (266% 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, Tarpon TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=16.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #73 safest of 100 Hardware stores employers in Florida.

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon (23 employees, TCR 9.1) 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, Tarpon
Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon (23 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Vision Ace Hardware, Tarpon 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 16.7 8.3 2 0 0
2023 6.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 12.9 6.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · FL · Tarpon Springs

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 32 employers in Tarpon Springs, 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 0421 - HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0699 - MANASSAS, VA 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOLLYWOOD, FL #00504 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-0700X 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE GOPHER RIDGE GROVE 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE DESOTO GROVE 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oasis 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1247- HA- Live Oak, FL 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR AdventHealth North Pinellas 696 FTE
CITY-NEAR Florida Hospital North Pinellas 640 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3415 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3415 210 FTE
NAT-TCR Solar Gain West LLC 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Service Uniform 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheffield Container Corporation 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR North Sound BOSC Whidbey 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCarthy Tire Service #6 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCarthy Tire Service #50 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duo-Corp. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Manor St. Marys 23 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.