Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #151

Asheboro, NC · ~102 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowes Foods #151 runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Lowes Foods #151: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #151 safety composite

Lowes Foods #151 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−7.7

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #151 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #151's TCR fell 7.7 from 11.5 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #950/1627
  • PHOTO FoodTown #005
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FoodTown #005 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowes Foods #151 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowes Foods #151 averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Lowes Foods #151 TCR series: 2016=11.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=2 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #151 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #950 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #151 (102 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lowes Foods #151
Lowes Foods #151 (102 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #151 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.6 1.7 4 0 0
2020 0.3 0.0 2 0 0
2019 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 11.5 1.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Asheboro

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 139 employers in Asheboro, 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 FoodTown #005 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Fresh Grocer of Grays Ferry 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 049 PAPILLION 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KJ's Market #608 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Resources 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tar Heel Winston 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE A American Electric 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brady Services Inc 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8020236-Energizer/Asheboro 1,287 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8020236 Energizer Asheboro 654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Technimark, LLC Plant 5 633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Technimark LLC - Plant 5 466 FTE
NAT-TCR Miller Environmental, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Miller Electric Mfg. LLC - Main Plant 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FoodTown #005 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1000 Houghton 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE MKS Lawrence 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE SERVICENTRO 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Irvine Supply Chain Operations Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boscawen/Penacook Terminal 102 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.