Homecenter · North Carolina

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc

Hickory, NC · ~157 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade B.

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc: 2.2 TCR = 64% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc safety composite

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−0.7

2023→2024

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc injury rate improved

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2023 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.5 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #37/294
  • PHOTO 1174 LOWE S OF BROCK…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1174 LOWE S OF BROCKTON MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc averages 2.2 TCR (64% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc 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 North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.

1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc (157 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc
1557 Lowe S of Hickory Nc (157 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1557 Lowe S of Hickory 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 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · NC · Hickory

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 1174 LOWE S OF BROCKTON MA 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4608 FALLS CHURCH 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8955 WEST SADSBURY 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8984 ST JOSEPH 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Highland 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE JPS Composite Materials Corporation 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm. T. Burnett & Co., Nonwovens Division - Statesville 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giles Chemical Repack Facility 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Spectrum Molding Division 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Recromax LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0675 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oregon Staff Company 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE PepperCo USA 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Science Center 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Creekside 157 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.