Homecenter · North Carolina

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc

Franklin, NC · ~145 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade C.

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc safety composite

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc: 1.9 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2024

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.9 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Franklin, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #59/294
  • PHOTO 1608 LOWE S OF TOMS …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1608 LOWE S OF TOMS RIVER NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc averages 2.8 TCR (83% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc TCR series: 2023=1.9 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc (145 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc
0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc (145 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0717 Lowe S of Franklin Nc 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 3.8 3.8 4 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · NC · Franklin

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 34 employers in Franklin, 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 1608 LOWE S OF TOMS RIVER NJ 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1129 SPARTANBURG 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1853 LEAGUE CITY 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6872 HIALEAH GARDENS 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Asheville Specialty Hospital 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-1788 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barbour Court Nursing & Rehabilitation 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macon County, NC 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1217 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1217 252 FTE
NAT-TCR Ryan Carpet Sales & Service 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Morgan Contractors 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 266 Crestwood 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridgeview 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mr. Crane, Inc. 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sherman Home Care 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Econolite Control Products, Inc. 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Rio Grande Latin Market #3 145 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.