Grocery stores · South Carolina

Lowes Foods #234

Name: Lowes Foods #234 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Myrtle Beach, SC · ~71 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #234 runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Lowes Foods #234: 2.2 TCR = 64% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #234 safety composite

Lowes Foods #234 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−2.1

2016→2019

Lowes Foods #234 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #234's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Myrtle Beach, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 64% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #133/789
PHOTO The Fresh Market 042
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 042 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lowes Foods #234 averages 2.2 TCR (64% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #234 TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #234 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #133 safest of 789 Grocery stores employers in South Carolina.

Lowes Foods #234 (71 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #234 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	2.3	2.3	1
2017	4.3	4.3	2
2016	2.1	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · SC · Myrtle Beach

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 244 employers in Myrtle Beach, SC · 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 042	MOBILE, AL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Fresh Market 105	MIAMI BEACH, FL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	El Bodegon Grocery #5, Inc.	LAKE WORTH, FL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kirby Foods Leroy	LEROY, IL	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Edisto Electric Cooperative, Inc.	BAMBERG	71 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fairfield Electric Cooperative, Inc.	BLYTHEWOOD	71 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Langston Construction LLC of the Piedmont	PIEDMONT	71 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Roebuck Buildings Co., Inc.	ROEBUCK	71 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HCA - Grand Strand Medical Center	Myrtle Beach	1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grand Strand Health	Myrtle Beach	1,257 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Founders National Golf, LLC	Myrtle Beach	829 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ocean Lakes Service Corp.	Myrtle Beach	440 FTE
NAT-TCR	FedEx Supply Chain - Stryk Plainfield	Plainfield, IN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	267 Belleville East	Belleville, IL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Glaxo Smith Kline LLC DPC	York, PA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	General Mills (Albuquerque)	Albuquerque, NM	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Challenger Designs	Nappanee, IN	71 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Solecon	Modesto, CA	71 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Masco Coatings Group Roanoke MFG	Gateway Parkway, TX	71 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Phillips Medisize LLC - Phillips Medical Tech Drive	Menomonie, WI	71 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: 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.