Homecenter · North Carolina
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc
Waynesville, NC · ~187 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc: 6.3 TCR = 185% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc safety composite
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc: 5.0 → 7.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2024
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc's TCR rose 2.5 from 5.0 in 2023 to 7.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444110 · Waynesville, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 185% of ind
- DART 6.0 DART
- RANK #224/294
- PHOTO Valu Home Center #49
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~187 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Valu Home Center #49 (0.0 TCR gap)
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0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc
6.3 TCR
- Valu Home Cent
Valu Home Center #49
6.3 TCR
- NEW ULM MN - 3
NEW ULM MN - 3300
6.3 TCR
- 4014 TROUTDALE
4014 TROUTDALE
6.3 TCR
- 6371 WINTER HA
6371 WINTER HAVEN
6.3 TCR
What this shows 0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc averages 6.3 TCR (185% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc TCR series: 2023=5 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.4
Where 0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc falls in its industry
6,309 Homecenter establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #224 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.
0470 Lowe S of Waynesville Nc 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 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444110 · NC · Waynesville
6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 45 employers in Waynesville, NC · 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 | Valu Home Center #49 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NEW ULM MN - 3300 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4014 TROUTDALE | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6371 WINTER HAVEN | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete Products | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sears Contract, Inc. - Raleigh | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | American Snuff Company - Taylor Brothers | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Barnhardt Manufacturing Company | 187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1663 | 390 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1663 | 363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Evergreen Packaging - Waynesville | 213 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Store 023 | 202 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hickory Creek at Crawfordsville | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newly Weds Foods | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nenpl - North Platte | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mdhun - Hunt Valley | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bluffton, IN | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CA-Ventura S/C | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Blackwater Electric Inc. | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mansfield Engineered Components | 187 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.