Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #228

Name: Lowes Foods #228 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Burlington, NC · ~116 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #228 runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Lowes Foods #228: 3.7 TCR = 109% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #228 safety composite

Lowes Foods #228 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #228 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #228's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.6 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Burlington, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 109% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #1069/1627
PHOTO The Fresh Market 028
BOOK 9y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 028 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.7
The Fresh Mark

3.7
Redner's Wareh

3.7
Lowes Foods #2

3.7
Fairway Market

3.7

What this shows Lowes Foods #228 averages 3.7 TCR (109% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #228 TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=4 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #228 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1069 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #228 (116 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #228 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
2024	3.3	1.6	2
2023	1.5	1.5	1
2022	4.8	3.2	3
2021	4.0	0.0	3
2020	2.7	2.7	2
2019	3.1	1.6	2
2018	4.5	0.0	3
2017	5.9	0.0	4
2016	3.6	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Burlington

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 148 employers in Burlington, 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	The Fresh Market 028	BOCA RATON, FL	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Redner's Warehouse Market Exeter	READING, PA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lowes Foods #226	RALEIGH, NC	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fairway Market of Pelham	PELHAM, NY	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Carolina Egg Companies	NASHVILLE	116 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CE Holt Refrigeration	CHARLOTTE	116 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newton Container	NEWTON	116 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4301 Waterleaf	GREENSBORO	116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National OnDemand, Inc	Burlington	511 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Twin Lakes Community	Burlington	410 FTE
CITY-NEAR	York Road	Burlington	398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lutheran Retirement Ministries of Alamance County	Burlington	373 FTE
NAT-TCR	A&E Manufacturing Company, Inc.	Levittown, PA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richmond	Richmond, KY	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lemont	Lemont, IL	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	KCC	Louisville, KY	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	NACOGDOCHES	Nacogdoches, TX	116 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Supply Chain - Camden, SC	Camden, SC	116 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DMG Construction LLC	Arlington, TX	116 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Giant Eagle #0025	West View, PA	116 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.