Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #165

Name: Lowes Foods #165 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Winston-Salem, NC · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #165 runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Lowes Foods #165: 2.2 TCR = 65% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #165 safety composite

Lowes Foods #165 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−4.2

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #165 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #165's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 65% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #482/1627
PHOTO Giant Eagle #1605
BOOK 9y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giant Eagle #1605 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
Giant Eagle #1

2.2
FOODLAND 119

2.2
FAREWAY STORES

2.2
Store 1040

2.2

What this shows Lowes Foods #165 averages 2.2 TCR (65% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #165 TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #165 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 88% 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 #482 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #165 (78 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #165 has fewer 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	0.0	0.0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	2.3	2.3	1
2021	4.5	0.0	2
2020	6.7	0.0	3
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	2.2	0.0	1
2016	4.2	0.0	2

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	Giant Eagle #1605	ALLIANCE, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FOODLAND 119	TUSCUMBIA, AL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FAREWAY STORES, INC. 165 OMAHA	OMAHA, NE	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1040	PLANTATION, FL	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kings Mountain Generation Support Facility	KINGS MOUNTAIN	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blue Ridge Electric Corporate Office	LENOIR	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Forest City location	FOREST CITY	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ground Thunder Construction	CHARLOTTE	78 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	Finger Lakes Roofing Co,;Inc.	Fishers, NY	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Decatur- Dry Bulk Transport	Decatur, AL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eberl Iron Works, Inc.	Buffalo, NY	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	5400 Mackinaw	Saginaw, MI	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lexington	Lexington, MA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Most, Inc.	Troy, MO	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EFI	Bath, PA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Keokuk Hills Beef Company LLC	Sigourney, IA	78 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.