Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #161

Name: Lowes Foods #161 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Clemmons, NC · ~123 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #161 runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Lowes Foods #161: 2.6 TCR = 76% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #161 safety composite

Lowes Foods #161 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−5.0

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #161 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #161's TCR fell 5.0 from 8.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 76% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #660/1627
PHOTO Lowes Foods #215
BOOK 9y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #215 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lowes Foods #161 averages 2.6 TCR (76% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #161 TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=4 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #161 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #660 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #161 (123 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #161 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
2024	3.1	1.5	2	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0
2020	4.0	1.4	3	0
2019	4.3	0.0	2	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	4.0	0.0	3	0
2016	8.0	1.3	6	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Clemmons

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 46 employers in Clemmons, 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	Lowes Foods #215	WILMINGTON, NC	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #0024	BRIDGEVILLE, PA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #6386	NEW CASTLE, PA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rouses Market #70	BATON ROUGE, LA	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	The Hamlin Companies	GARNER	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA NC High Point	HIGH POINT	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Evergreen Packaging - Raleigh	RALEIGH	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sealed air Lenoir	LENOIR	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hayward Industries - Pool	Clemmons	673 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center	Clemmons	320 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bahnson, Inc	Clemmons	312 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Triumph Fluid Power and Actuation	Clemmons	214 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pumphrey Training Center	Baltimore, MD	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	SHARONVILLE	Sharonville, OH	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	NETZSCH Premier Technologies, LLC	Exton, PA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Label Solutions, Inc.	Marshfield, MO	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Elk Mountain Farms	Bonners Ferry, ID	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alvord-Polk, Inc.	Millersburg, PA	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez TSVH	Big Spring, TX	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	UFP Windsor, LLC	Windsor, CO	123 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.