Homecenter · North Carolina

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc

Durham, NC · ~166 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc: 6.8 TCR = 200% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc safety composite

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−4.7

2023→2024

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc injury rate improved

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc's TCR fell 4.7 from 9.2 in 2023 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.2 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 200% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #250/294
  • PHOTO 0197 LOWE S OF INDIA…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0197 LOWE S OF INDIANA PA. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc averages 6.8 TCR (200% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc TCR series: 2023=9.2 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.4

Where 2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #250 safest of 294 Homecenter employers in North Carolina.

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc (166 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc
2778 Lowe S of S. Durham Nc (166 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

2778 Lowe S of S. Durham 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 4.4 3.5 5 0 0
2023 9.2 9.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · NC · Durham

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 0197 LOWE S OF INDIANA PA. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-2577 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-2523 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-1965 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Costa Carolina Operations, LLC 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belews Creek Steam Station 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Asheville Water Department 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midrex Technologies 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Bret Achtenhagen's Seasonal Services 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Geomet Recycling LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosborough Partners Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tawas Plating Company 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Rim Constructors Inc. 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE MBB Delivery LLC 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bagby & Russell Electric Company 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zeigler Nissan Orland Park 166 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.