Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #237

Name: Lowes Foods #237 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Leland, NC · ~101 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lowes Foods #237 runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Lowes Foods #237: 4.3 TCR = 127% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #237 safety composite

Lowes Foods #237 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Lowes Foods #237 held a steady TCR band

Lowes Foods #237's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.6 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 127% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #1217/1627
PHOTO The Fresh Market 048
BOOK 9y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 048 (0.0 TCR gap)

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011-00375

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What this shows Lowes Foods #237 averages 4.3 TCR (127% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Lowes Foods #237 TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #237 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1217 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #237 (101 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #237 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	4.8	3.2	3
2023	1.6	1.6	1
2022	3.2	3.2	2
2021	3.2	0.0	2
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	8.2	0.0	4
2018	11.1	0.0	5
2017	2.2	0.0	1
2016	4.6	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Leland

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 54 employers in Leland, 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 048	HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0836	WINTER HAVEN, FL	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	011-00375	DECATUR, GA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	025-00464	SOUTHAVEN, MS	4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greensboro Resource Center - PNG	GREENSBORO	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Barringer Construction, LLC	CHARLOTTE	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Services	FAYETTEVILLE	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carrier Commercial Services (Charlotte Northwoods)	CHARLOTTE	101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4273	Leland	352 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4273	Leland	336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Victaulic - Leland	Leland	254 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health	Leland	239 FTE
NAT-TCR	CGH Medical Center	Sterling, IL	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bellisio Foods Inc.	Jackson, OH	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	T&J Albany	Albany, NY	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Crown Lift Trucks Bloomington	Bloomington, IL	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	New England Lead Burning Company, Inc. (C&S and Corp.)	Burlington, MA	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Weck's Louisiana	Albuquerque, NM	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lemont	Lemont, IL	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Standard Technologies	Fremont, OH	101 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.