Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #2

Name: Lowes Foods #2 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sparta, NC · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #2 runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Lowes Foods #2: 2.4 TCR = 70% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #2 safety composite

Lowes Foods #2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−4.8

2016→2017

Lowes Foods #2 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #2's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 70% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #564/1627
PHOTO Store 1400
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 1400 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Store 1400

2.4
FA - Fayettevi

2.4
SWY-0017-0017-

2.4
6962-ABS 0028

2.4

What this shows Lowes Foods #2 averages 2.4 TCR (70% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #2 TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #2 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #564 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #2 (37 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #2 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	4.8	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Sparta

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 14 employers in Sparta, 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	Store 1400	SPANISH FORT, AL	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FA - Fayetteville	FAYETTEVILLE, AR	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0017-0017-01055 FAC-01055-PRESCOTT VALLEY-AZ	PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6962-ABS 0028 1398	BAKERSFIELD, CA	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Navion Home Care Company, LLC	GREENSBORO	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wright School	DURHAM	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water Resources	KANNAPOLIS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PSSK, LLC D/B/A Byrum Heating & A/C	MARSHVILLE	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bottomley Evergreens & Farms	Sparta	626 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Plant 36-37	Sparta	197 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parkdale Mills, Inc. Plant 36-37	Sparta	167 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alleghany Health	Sparta	128 FTE
NAT-TCR	0191 - Pensacola, Fl	Pensacola, FL	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Returns Center	Camp Hill, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Freeport McMoRan Rod Mill	El Paso, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Construction	Lima, OH	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Clarion Suites	Madison, WI	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0337 - Hempstead, Ny	Hempstead, NY	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0225 - Mc Allen, Tx	Mcallen, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0093 - Springfield, Mo	Springfield, MO	37 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: 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.