Hardware stores · Massachusetts

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated

Name: Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rockport, MA · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated: 5.8 TCR = 172% of Hardware stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated safety composite

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−6.8

2017→2019

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated injury rate improved

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated's TCR fell 6.8 from 9.1 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.1 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Rockport, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 172% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #10/18
PHOTO 0495 - TULLAHOMA, TN
BOOK 3y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0495 - TULLAHOMA, TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated averages 5.8 TCR (172% of the Hardware stores BLS benchmark).

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated TCR series: 2017=9.1 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated falls in its industry

1,493 Hardware stores establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Hardware stores employers in Massachusetts.

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated (72 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Y5Q L.E.Smith (1874) Incorporated 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
2019	2.3	2.3	1
2018	6.1	4.1	3
2017	9.1	2.3	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · MA · Rockport

1,493 Hardware stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 5 employers in Rockport, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	0495 - TULLAHOMA, TN	TULLAHOMA, TN	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Parkrose Portland	PORTLAND, OR	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maxwell Hardware & Lumber Co., Inc	DELHI, LA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SANFORD, NC #03004	SANFORD, NC	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ver-Tex Construction, Inc.	CANTON	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RJV Construction Corp.	CANTON	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Metro Glass & Metal LLC	WOBURN	72 FTE
STATE-SIZE	665	MILFORD	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Den Mar Health and Rehabilitation Center	Rockport	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BE Aerospace - Rockport	Rockport	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	246528-ROCKPORT PO	Rockport	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rockport Inn & Suites	Rockport	17 FTE
NAT-TCR	Black Gold Farms - MOP	Arbyrd, MO	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fir Grove Elementary School	Roseburg, OR	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lci - 214	Nampa, ID	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tmx2624 - Niceville	Niceville, FL	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mid-America Precision Products 4th Street.	Joplin, MO	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Urban Casinos Inc.	Las Vegas, NV	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rock Materials Coppell	Coppell, TX	72 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Killdeer Trucking	Killdeer, ND	72 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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