Homecenter · North Carolina

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc

Banner Elk, NC · ~118 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade A.

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc: 0.6 TCR = 16% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc safety composite

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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).

B

85/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% 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

−1.1

2023→2024

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc injury rate improved

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/294
  • PHOTO 0523 LOWE S OF UTICA…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0523 LOWE S OF UTICA NY (0.0 TCR gap)

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1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc averages 0.6 TCR (16% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc TCR series: 2023=1.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 99% 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 #2 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc (118 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc
1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk Nc (118 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1834 Lowe S of Banner Elk 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · NC · Banner Elk

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 12 employers in Banner Elk, 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 0523 LOWE S OF UTICA NY 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1833 LOWE S OF COON RAPIDS MN 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1130 LOWE S OF UNION TOWNSHIP PA. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0413 LOWE S OF MADISON TN 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE D34 Charlotte 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Skin Food Group 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yanjan USA LLC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE H.W. Culp Lumber Company Inc 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-1834 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consolidated Resources 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowes Foods #158 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Care Center of Banner Elk 90 FTE
NAT-TCR CA-Irwindale 6040 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR RMR Mechanical LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Harper Engineering Company 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Karmanos Cancer Institute 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sitka Sound Seafoods 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dealership - Bakersfield 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patriot General Engineering. Inc 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Arizona, LLC 118 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.