Homecenter · Pennsylvania

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa.

Altoona, PA · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa.: 5.7 TCR = 168% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. safety composite

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−0.6

2023→2024

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. injury rate improved

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 6.0 in 2023 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.0 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Altoona, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 168% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #153/276
  • PHOTO WEST ST PAUL MN - 3017
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WEST ST PAUL MN - 3017 (0.0 TCR gap)

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0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. averages 5.7 TCR (168% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. TCR series: 2023=6 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.4

Where 0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #153 safest of 276 Homecenter employers in Pennsylvania.

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. (158 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa.
0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. (158 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0446 Lowe S of Altoona Pa. 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 5.4 4.5 6 0 0
2023 6.0 5.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · PA · Altoona

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 120 employers in Altoona, 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 WEST ST PAUL MN - 3017 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3609 MYRTLE GROVE 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6935 MIDDLEBURG 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2380 LOWE S OF SYRACUSE NY 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pennsylvania Operation 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA Compression Partners Northeast 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE John F. Martin & Sons, LLC 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARYZTA - Hazleton 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pyramid Healthcare Inc 3,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona 2,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Nursing Agency and Visiting Nurse Association 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services Inc 606 FTE
NAT-TCR u.form Detroit, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR All Star Corrugated LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Leupold & Stevens, Inc 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR D'Artagnan 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 007 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Builders Paving, LLC 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3012 Cash Wise Fargo 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 5,6,7,9 158 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.