Grocery stores · North Carolina
Lowes Foods #216
Hickory, NC · ~83 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowes Foods #216 runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Lowes Foods #216: 4.5 TCR = 133% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowes Foods #216 safety composite
Lowes Foods #216 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Lowes Foods #216: 4.5 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2024
Lowes Foods #216's TCR rose 2.3 from 4.5 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 133% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #1259/1627
- PHOTO Shop Rite of Union
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~83 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Shop Rite of Union (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowes Foods #216 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowes Foods #216
4.5 TCR
- Shop Rite of U
Shop Rite of Union
4.5 TCR
- KJ's Market #6
KJ's Market #649
4.5 TCR
- Store 0353
Store 0353
4.5 TCR
- Store 0518
Store 0518
4.5 TCR
What this shows Lowes Foods #216 averages 4.5 TCR (133% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Lowes Foods #216 TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Lowes Foods #216 falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 52% 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 #1259 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.
Lowes Foods #216 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · NC · Hickory
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 | Shop Rite of Union | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KJ's Market #649 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 0353 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 0518 | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ROCKWELL FARMS INC | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gastonia Operations Center | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Greensboro | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Raleigh-Durham Call Center | 83 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Supply Chain - Appliance Park | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kalispell Lumber | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KCNS | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | COH Recreation Multi-Gen | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LP Taylorsville, LLC- Spencer County | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arlington Place Health Campus | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Engineered Floors- DW Facility | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Weck's Los Lunas | 83 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.