Discount Department Stores · Massachusetts

2480 - Lowell

Lowell, MA · ~249 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2480 - Lowell runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

2480 - Lowell: 3.4 TCR = 99% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2480 - Lowell safety composite

2480 - Lowell scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

2019→2024

2480 - Lowell injury rate improved

2480 - Lowell's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2019 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Lowell, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 99% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #16/61
  • PHOTO 1218 - McCandless
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1218 - McCandless (0.0 TCR gap)

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2480 - Lowell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2480 - Lowell averages 3.4 TCR (99% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2480 - Lowell TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2021=4 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.4

Where 2480 - Lowell falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 61 Discount Department Stores employers in Massachusetts.

2480 - Lowell (249 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2480 - Lowell
2480 - Lowell (249 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2480 - Lowell has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2023 1.7 0.0 2 0 0
2022 6.9 6.0 2 6 0
2021 4.0 2.4 5 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MA · Lowell

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, MA · 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 1218 - McCandless 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2875 - Wilmington Prices Corner 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 1821 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #0494 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Market Basket #40 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0308 - WALTHAM MA WHSE 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Symmes Life Care Inc. dba Brookhaven at Lexington 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital 2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pathfinder 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell General Hospital Saints 741 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macom Technology Solutions 507 FTE
NAT-TCR 1218 - McCandless 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Infac North America 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Better Bilt Products 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln Lumber, LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2855 - San Diego Del Sur 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2483 - Newport 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1923 - Columbia Garners Ferry 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1921 - Jacksonville East 249 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, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.