Homecenter · Ohio

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh.

Columbus, OH · ~139 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh.: 5.1 TCR = 149% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. safety composite

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−5.5

2023→2024

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. injury rate improved

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh.'s TCR fell 5.5 from 7.8 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.8 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 149% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #178/276
  • PHOTO 1028 TEMECULA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1028 TEMECULA (0.0 TCR gap)

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0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. averages 5.1 TCR (149% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. TCR series: 2023=7.8 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #178 safest of 276 Homecenter employers in Ohio.

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. (139 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh.
0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. (139 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0003 Lowe S of S.E. Columbus Oh. has more employees than the Homecenter median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.3 1.2 2 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · OH · Columbus

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 1028 TEMECULA 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1989 HOMER TOWNSHIP 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2323 COLD SPRING 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2335 LOWE S OF MARTELL CA 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rittman Inc dba Mull Iron 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE BNG Miracle Pet LLC 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE DFA FLUID - SPRINGFIELD OH 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snyder'S-Lance, Inc. 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of Livonia 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Reagent Chemical - Stanton 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Scholl Forest Industries, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Boysen USA Alabama, LLC 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Subzero Engineering 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sterling Sugars, LLC 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hansen-Rice, Inc. 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway Industries LLC - Husky Superior Refinery - WI 139 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.