Grocery stores · North Carolina
Lowes Foods #199
Wilmington, NC · ~101 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowes Foods #199 runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Lowes Foods #199: 6.2 TCR = 182% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowes Foods #199 safety composite
Lowes Foods #199 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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
−5.8
2016→2024
Lowes Foods #199 injury rate improved
Lowes Foods #199's TCR fell 5.8 from 7.7 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.7 · 2017=10.2 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Wilmington, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 182% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #1477/1627
- PHOTO Store 1408
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~101 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Store 1408 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowes Foods #199 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowes Foods #199
6.2 TCR
- Store 1408
Store 1408
6.2 TCR
- 10245 Tribeca
10245 Tribeca
6.2 TCR
- Price Chopper
Price Chopper #400
6.2 TCR
- 531-00529
531-00529
6.2 TCR
What this shows Lowes Foods #199 averages 6.2 TCR (182% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Lowes Foods #199 TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=10.2 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.4
Where Lowes Foods #199 falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 32% 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 #1477 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.
Lowes Foods #199 has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher 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 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · NC · Wilmington
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 360 employers in Wilmington, 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 1408 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10245 Tribeca | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Price Chopper #400 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 531-00529 | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Greensboro Resource Center - PNG | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Barringer Construction, LLC | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Services | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carrier Commercial Services (Charlotte Northwoods) | 101 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 6,890 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 4,768 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GE Hitachi Nuclear Americas | 1,975 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Hanover County Government | 1,974 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Santana Row #404 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maine Track Maintenance Waterville Office | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chicago | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Women's Welsh Clubs of America | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | New England Lead Burning Company, Inc. (C&S and Corp.) | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Weck's Louisiana | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lemont | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Standard Technologies | 101 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.