Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #167

Name: Lowes Foods #167 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chapel Hill, NC · ~97 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #167 runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Lowes Foods #167: 2.5 TCR = 73% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #167 safety composite

Lowes Foods #167 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Lowes Foods #167 held a steady TCR band

Lowes Foods #167's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Chapel Hill, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 73% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #604/1627
PHOTO Redner's Warehouse M…
BOOK 9y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Redner's Warehouse Market Pittston (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
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2.5
Giant Eagle #5

2.5

What this shows Lowes Foods #167 averages 2.5 TCR (73% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #167 TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #167 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 84% 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 #604 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #167 (97 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #167 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	4.0	4.0	2
2023	3.6	1.8	2
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	1.6	1.6	1
2020	1.9	0.0	1
2019	4.7	0.0	2
2018	2.3	0.0	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	4.2	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Chapel Hill

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chapel Hill, 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	Redner's Warehouse Market Pittston	PITTSTON, PA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NORTH CREEK	NORTH CREEK, NY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lowes Foods #236	MEBANE, NC	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #5107	BEXLEY, OH	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greensboro Resource Center PNG	GREENSBORO	97 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid-Atlantic, LLC	CHARLOTTE	97 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unitherm Charlotte	CHARLOTTE	97 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Manganaro Southeast	CHARLOTTE	97 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	21,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UNC Health Care	Chapel Hill	11,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spec Personnel, LLC	Chapel Hill	644 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brookdale chapel hill	Chapel Hill	509 FTE
NAT-TCR	Corporate Graphics South - 0077	Madison, FL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Walsh & Associates, Inc. - STL	St. Louis, MO	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Redner's Warehouse Market Pittston	Pittston, PA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kurtz Bros. Main Office and Factory	Clearfield, PA	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Oakbrook Health and Rehab	Summerville, SC	97 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plastipak- Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	97 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro, TN	97 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ethan Allen Hotel	Danbury, CT	97 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.