Homecenter · South Carolina

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc

West Columbia, SC · ~183 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade C.

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc: 3.5 TCR = 102% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc safety composite

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc: 2.2 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2024

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc's TCR rose 2.5 from 2.2 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · West Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 102% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #29/127
  • PHOTO 2384 LOWE S OF FRAMI…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2384 LOWE S OF FRAMINGHAM MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc averages 3.5 TCR (102% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc TCR series: 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.4

Where 0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #29 safest of 127 Homecenter employers in South Carolina.

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc (183 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc
0499 Lowe S of West Columbia Sc (183 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0499 Lowe S of West Columbia 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 4.7 4.7 6 0 0
2023 2.2 1.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · SC · West Columbia

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Columbia, 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 2384 LOWE S OF FRAMINGHAM MA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FORT WAYNE SOUTH IN - 3208 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1549 JEFFERSON COUNTY 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4624 MECHANICSVILLE 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE TC Transcontinental Spartanburg 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Cheraw Plant 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2920 LOWE S OF N. YORK COUNTY SC 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0528 LOWE S OF SIMPSONVILLE SC 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Medical Center 4,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC-02 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - CAE1 2,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CAE1 2,722 FTE
NAT-TCR Meramec Instrument Transformer Company 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CA-Palm Springs S/C 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Burke Corporation 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hiab USA 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 300000170855993 - CA-El Monte-Shop 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE EPTAM Plastics 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bags To Go 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE SFS Group USA, Inc. 183 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.