Homecenter · Indiana

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in

Bedford, IN · ~127 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in: 5.5 TCR = 163% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in safety composite

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in: 4.2 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2024

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in's TCR rose 2.6 from 4.2 in 2023 to 6.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 163% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #85/163
  • PHOTO Kibler Lumber
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kibler Lumber (0.0 TCR gap)

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1894 Lowe S of Bedford in in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1894 Lowe S of Bedford in averages 5.5 TCR (163% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 1894 Lowe S of Bedford in falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #85 safest of 163 Homecenter employers in Indiana.

1894 Lowe S of Bedford in (127 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 1894 Lowe S of Bedford in
1894 Lowe S of Bedford in (127 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1894 Lowe S of Bedford 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 6.8 4.5 6 0 0
2023 4.2 2.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · IN · Bedford

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 53 employers in Bedford, 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 Kibler Lumber 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4708 OLYMPIA 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6229 BRISTOL 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-2384 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mel-Kay Electric Company Inc. 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louis Dreyfus Company - Claypool 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colbert Packaging Corporation - Elkhart 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE LSC Communications Digital 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Bedford 818 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1026 394 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1026 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bedford Hospital 361 FTE
NAT-TCR MWL Solutions Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kempsville Component Plant 543 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber 58 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dhi Cooperative 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pershing 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE 300000765902266 - CA-Rancho Cucamonga-Field Office Dayton Dr 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE 300000170856037 - CA-San Bernardino Intermodal 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE EasTex Tower 127 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.