Homecenter · Pennsylvania

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa.

Reading, PA · ~144 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade A.

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa.: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. safety composite

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

86/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% 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

−0.9

2023→2024

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. injury rate improved

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 0.9 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Reading, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/276
  • PHOTO 1075 LOWE S OF S FLO…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1075 LOWE S OF S FLORENCE SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. TCR series: 2023=0.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 276 Homecenter employers in Pennsylvania.

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. (144 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa.
0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. (144 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0279 Lowe S of Reading Pa. has more employees than the Homecenter median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.9 0.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · PA · Reading

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 303 employers in Reading, PA · 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 1075 LOWE S OF S FLORENCE SC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1120 LOWE S OF FLORENCE SC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0754 LOWE S OF OAKLAND PARK FL 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1791 LOWE S OF S.W. TUCSON AZ 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Donna Bella Farms LLC 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilson Excavating and Utility Construction LLC 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAI-Tronics 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union Pipeline 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR READING HOSPITAL 5,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAO : Reading 2,203 FTE
CITY-NEAR A077 - Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center 1,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEN1 1,261 FTE
NAT-TCR Hartsville Complex 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brand Scaffold Services Inc. - Torrance Refinery 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenai Refinery 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Weil Gotshal and Manges Cafe 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 398 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 150 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE moss supply company 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSA Equipment Company 144 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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