Homecenter · Alabama

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al

Bessemer, AL · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al: 4.9 TCR = 143% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al safety composite

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al: 4.6 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al's TCR rose 0.5 from 4.6 in 2023 to 5.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Bessemer, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 143% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #57/113
  • PHOTO 1663 LOWE S OF KINGS…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1663 LOWE S OF KINGSTON MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al averages 4.9 TCR (143% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al TCR series: 2023=4.6 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 113 Homecenter employers in Alabama.

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al (158 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al
1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al (158 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1531 Lowe S of Bessemer Al 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 5.1 4.1 5 0 0
2023 4.6 4.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · AL · Bessemer

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 116 employers in Bessemer, AL · 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 1663 LOWE S OF KINGSTON MA 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3640 SOUTH CHARLOTTE 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0410 LOWE S OF MYRTLE BEACH SC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1607 LOWE S OF SURPRISE AZ 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prystup Packaging Products-Main 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Systems Automotive Interiors Alabama 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0423 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0606 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BHM1 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bessemer, DC 768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blox LLC 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR US PIPE - BHM-DIP 559 FTE
NAT-TCR Tigard Location 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fontana CA 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gateway Lodging Co. Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tasca Automotive Group Ct East Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE MWL Solutions Inc 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apple Rehab Laurel Woods 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Combi Packaging Systems LLC 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty Paper 158 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.