Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #149

Name: Lowes Foods #149 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Winston-Salem, NC · ~142 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #149 runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Lowes Foods #149: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #149 safety composite

Lowes Foods #149 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #149 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #149's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Winston-Salem, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #539/1627
PHOTO RHINEBECK
BOOK 9y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RHINEBECK (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
RHINEBECK

2.3
Giant Eagle #4

2.3
089-SANTA FE

2.3
Wadley IGA #65

2.3

What this shows Lowes Foods #149 averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #149 TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #149 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #539 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #149 (142 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #149 has more employees than the Grocery stores 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
2024	1.4	1.4	1
2023	1.3	1.3	1
2022	1.3	0.0	1
2021	1.1	0.0	1
2020	5.4	0.0	5
2019	3.6	1.2	3
2018	2.4	0.0	2
2017	1.2	0.0	1
2016	3.3	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Winston-Salem

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 234 employers in Winston-Salem, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	RHINEBECK	RHINEBECK, NY	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #4096	STOW, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	089-SANTA FE	SANTA FE, NM	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wadley IGA #652	WADLEY, GA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Shelco, LLC	WINSTON SALEM	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Delta Contracting Inc.	HAW RIVER	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burford Construction North Carolina Statewide Operations	MOUNT AIRY	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Parton Lumber Company	RUTHERFORDTON	142 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center	Winston-Salem	4,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Budd Group Janitorial	Winston-Salem	4,414 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Reynolds American Inc. Trade Marketing Services	Winston-Salem	2,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Reynolds Marketing Services Company	Winston-Salem	1,600 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ludington SC	Ludington, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ruston	Grambling, LA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barnes Aerospace Ogden Division	Ogden, UT	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	NPTSC Newport Service Center	Newport, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Building B	Lake Geneva, WI	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brooks Tropicals, LLC	Homestead, FL	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Precision Strip, Inc. Woodburn	Woodburn, KY	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.	North Kingstown, RI	142 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.