Homecenter · Indiana

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in

Columbus, IN · ~163 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade F.

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in: 7.0 TCR = 205% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in safety composite

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in: 4.4 → 9.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in's TCR rose 5.1 from 4.4 in 2023 to 9.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 205% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #129/163
  • PHOTO EDEN PRAIRIE - 3268
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EDEN PRAIRIE - 3268 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1516 Lowe S of Columbus in in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1516 Lowe S of Columbus in averages 7.0 TCR (205% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 1516 Lowe S of Columbus in falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #129 safest of 163 Homecenter employers in Indiana.

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in (163 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 1516 Lowe S of Columbus in
1516 Lowe S of Columbus in (163 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1516 Lowe S of Columbus in has more employees than the Homecenter median and a higher 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 9.5 4.8 10 0 0
2023 4.4 3.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · IN · Columbus

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 EDEN PRAIRIE - 3268 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1964 BARTLETT 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0732 LOWE S OF SOUTHLAKE TX 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1989 LOWE S OF WESTMINSTER CO 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Division 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE BDR-IndyNorth 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rolling Prairie 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE EACI 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Material Handling, Inc. 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR NTN Driveshaft Inc. 1,756 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus Engine Plant 1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commons Office Building 1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Arizona, LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tamarack Bloomington 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR First Choice Vending Company 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mdabr - Aberdeen 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MB Aerospace East Granby 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fishermen's Community Hospital 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cenveo Worldwide Limited Chicago 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tescom Corporation 163 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.