Homecenter · Minnesota

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn

Owatonna, MN · ~119 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn: 5.0 TCR = 147% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn safety composite

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−2.4

2023→2024

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn injury rate improved

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn's TCR fell 2.4 from 6.2 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.2 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Owatonna, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 147% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #37/109
  • PHOTO MASON CITY IA - 3094
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MASON CITY IA - 3094 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn averages 5.0 TCR (147% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn TCR series: 2023=6.2 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 109 Homecenter employers in Minnesota.

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn (119 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn
2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn (119 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

2518 Lowe S of Owatonna Mn 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 3.8 3.8 3 0 0
2023 6.2 4.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · MN · Owatonna

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, MN · 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 MASON CITY IA - 3094 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4148 CHIPPEWA 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0538 LOWE S OF SOUTHERN PINES NC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1141 LOWE S OF KERNERSVILLE NC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lindsay Windows Minnesota 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richfield Middle School 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Michael's Health & Rehabilitaion Center, Arrowhead Senior Living Community 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hewing Hotel LLC 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downtown & Remote 1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27-321862189 1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viracon 1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truth Hardware 631 FTE
NAT-TCR Danbury Tallmadge 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Franke Foodservice Systems Americas - Fayetteville 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd/PTG Management Co. - Palmetto Location 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Spanish Trail Lumber 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amuneal Manufacturing Corporation 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 300000170856924 - PA-Chambersburg-Field Office 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Open Door Rehabilitation Center 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duraline LLC 119 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.