Homecenter · South Carolina

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc

North Charleston, SC · ~173 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade C.

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc safety composite

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc: 0.8 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2024

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc's TCR rose 4.4 from 0.8 in 2023 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · North Charleston, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #25/127
  • PHOTO 1037 PARAMOUNT
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1037 PARAMOUNT (0.0 TCR gap)

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0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 127 Homecenter employers in South Carolina.

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc (173 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc
0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc (173 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0497 Lowe S of N. Charleston Sc 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 5.3 4.4 6 0 0
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · SC · North Charleston

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 256 employers in North Charleston, SC · 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 1037 PARAMOUNT 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6804 SKILLMAN 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0606 LOWE S OF DOTHAN AL 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2700 LOWE S OF GAUTIER MS 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE BLYTHE CONSTRUCTION/ZACHARY CONTRUCTION JOINT VENTURE 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleland Site Prep., Inc. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond Pet Food Processors of South Carolina 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Chemical Goose Creek 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston County 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Goodwill Services 1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trident Medical Center 1,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRC Charleston ISS Division 815 FTE
NAT-TCR 300000170855405 - GA-Fairburn-Intermodal 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 829 Jefferson St Atlanta 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR River City Drywall & Painting 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EPTAM Plastics 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hill & Valley, Inc. 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE BCI INC, dba Butler Company 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mdeas - Easton 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Young Dental 173 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.

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