Homecenter · Missouri

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo.

Independence, MO · ~142 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade C.

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo.: 3.8 TCR = 112% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. safety composite

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.4

2023→2024

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. injury rate improved

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo.'s TCR fell 5.4 from 6.5 in 2023 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.5 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Independence, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 112% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #45/159
  • PHOTO Cascade Lumber Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cascade Lumber Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. averages 3.8 TCR (112% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. TCR series: 2023=6.5 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 159 Homecenter employers in Missouri.

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. (142 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo.
1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. (142 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1098 Lowe S of Independence Mo. 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 6.5 3.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · MO · Independence

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 126 employers in Independence, MO · 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 Cascade Lumber Company 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1256 CROPSEY 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1787 LOWE S OF VIDALIA GA 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1864 LOWE S OF ITHACA NY 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Division #90 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE N. B. West Contracting, Co. (All Inclusive) 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHILLIPS HARDY INC 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE ICL - Carondelet Plant 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division 1,810 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin-Winchester LLC 1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark Building 906 FTE
NAT-TCR Tell Tool 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mersen USA GSTN Corp 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 2006 Coborn's Little Falls 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Peabody Engineering, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE USF Fabrication, Inc. 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gan Kavod Inc 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butterball Farms, Inc. 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 201 142 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.