Homecenter · North Carolina

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc

Hickory, NC · ~156 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade B.

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc: 2.3 TCR = 68% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc safety composite

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−0.9

2023→2024

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc injury rate improved

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.7 in 2023 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.7 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #44/294
  • PHOTO Hilltop Lumber Alexa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hilltop Lumber Alexandria (0.0 TCR gap)

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2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc averages 2.3 TCR (68% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc TCR series: 2023=2.7 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 88% 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 #44 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.

2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc (156 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc
2370 Lowe S of N. Hickory Nc (156 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

2370 Lowe S of N. 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 1.9 0.9 2 0 0
2023 2.7 1.8 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 Hilltop Lumber Alexandria 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3646 S BOULEVARD CHARLOTTE 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2668 TEWKSBURY 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0433 LOWE S OF N.E. COLUMBIA SC 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2807-0458 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEOLTA HOLDINGS LLC 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2907 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE NCHIK - HICKORY CENTER 156 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 Open Door Rehabilitation Center 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0664 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Creek WI 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Atchison 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 755 Jefferson St Atlanta 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Somerset Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Norwood Engineering 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE highland manor nursing and rehabilitation center 156 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.