Homecenter · North Carolina

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc

W. Jefferson, NC · ~116 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc: 5.9 TCR = 173% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc safety composite

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−7.2

2023→2024

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc injury rate improved

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc's TCR fell 7.2 from 9.5 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.5 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · W. Jefferson, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 173% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #208/294
  • PHOTO 2393 LOWE S OF PLAIN…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2393 LOWE S OF PLAINVILLE MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc averages 5.9 TCR (173% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc TCR series: 2023=9.5 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #208 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc (116 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc
2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc (116 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

2255 Lowe S of West Jefferson Nc 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 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2023 9.5 9.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · NC · W. Jefferson

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 2393 LOWE S OF PLAINVILLE MA 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sutherlands HomeBase - Amarillo 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR IOWA CITY IA - 3091 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIDNEY OH - 3216 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carolina Egg Companies 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE CE Holt Refrigeration 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newton Container 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4301 Waterleaf 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-2255 109 FTE
NAT-TCR Fres-co System USA, Inc 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR S.J. Distributors LLC-Sacramento Warehouse 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR VWGoA Los Angeles PDC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Vancouver Plant 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA-Ventura Regional Office 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA-Orange Coast S/C 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston County Community Hospital 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Neck 116 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.