Grocery stores · North Carolina
Lowes Foods #188
Jamestown, NC · ~109 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowes Foods #188 runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.
Lowes Foods #188: 3.3 TCR = 96% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowes Foods #188 safety composite
Lowes Foods #188 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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
−0.8
2016→2024
Lowes Foods #188 injury rate improved
Lowes Foods #188's TCR fell 0.8 from 4.7 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.7 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Jamestown, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 96% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #939/1627
- PHOTO Store #40
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~109 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Store #40 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowes Foods #188 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowes Foods #188
3.3 TCR
- Store #40
Store #40
3.3 TCR
- Redner's Wareh
Redner's Warehouse Market Whitehall
3.3 TCR
- Rocklin Grocer
Rocklin Grocery Outlet
3.3 TCR
- Rouses Market
Rouses Market #29
3.3 TCR
What this shows Lowes Foods #188 averages 3.3 TCR (96% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Lowes Foods #188 TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Lowes Foods #188 falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #939 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.
Lowes Foods #188 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 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · NC · Jamestown
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 18 employers in Jamestown, 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 | Store #40 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Redner's Warehouse Market Whitehall | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rocklin Grocery Outlet | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rouses Market #29 | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Primoris T&D Services - Charlotte | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Graham | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mid Atlantic Infrastructure Systems Inc | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gaines and company Inc | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Flowers Baking Company | 293 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Flowers Baking Company of Jamestown LLC | 253 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Shannon Gray Rehabilitation and Recovery Center | 114 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sunland Fire Protection, Inc. | 112 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Michael F. Ronca & Sons, Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 3N | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of New York Department of Environmental Protection | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keystone Quality Transport Company - Parkside Base | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Inteplast Engineered Films-Prattville | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prairie Lakes Health Campus | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Iowa City | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cast Technologies | 109 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.