Homecenter · Kansas

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks

Topeka, KS · ~133 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade B.

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks: 2.1 TCR = 62% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks safety composite

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks held a steady TCR band

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.1 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 62% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #7/62
  • PHOTO Bayview Building Mat…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bayview Building Materials (0.0 TCR gap)

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0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks averages 2.1 TCR (62% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 62 Homecenter employers in Kansas.

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks (133 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks
0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks (133 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0521 Lowe S of Topeka Ks 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 2.1 1.1 2 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · KS · Topeka

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, KS · 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 Bayview Building Materials 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1199 LOWE S OF ALLEN TX 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1768 LOWE S OF GREEN OH 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2301 LOWE S OF CHICAGO 83RD STEWART IL 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Massman Construction Co. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE INX International Ink Co. (6800) 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Webco Manufacturing, Inc. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. - Lucas 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stormont Vail Health - Hospital 2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Tire Rubber Company 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Topeka 1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus 1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR Kinex Medical Company, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 231 St John 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Niacet 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Karl's Truck Repair 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, Inc. 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Techflex, Inc 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE CO Logistics LLC 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pan American Properties, Inc. 133 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.