Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #242

Hampstead, NC · ~99 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowes Foods #242 runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Lowes Foods #242: 4.4 TCR = 128% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #242 safety composite

Lowes Foods #242 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−2.5

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #242 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #242's TCR fell 2.5 from 4.3 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Hampstead, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 128% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #1224/1627
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 144
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 144 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowes Foods #242 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Lowes Foods #242 averages 4.4 TCR (128% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Lowes Foods #242 TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #242 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1224 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #242 (99 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lowes Foods #242
Lowes Foods #242 (99 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #242 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2023 10.6 10.6 6 0 0
2022 8.4 5.1 5 0 0
2021 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.5 2.2 3 0 0
2017 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2016 4.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Hampstead

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 14 employers in Hampstead, 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 The Fresh Market 144 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 103FVH 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shop Rite of Chatham 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0822 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE R.D. Graham Electric LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Modern Mechanical HVAC LLC 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Elevator Company Inc. 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sealing Agents Waterproofing Inc 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2256 LOWE S OF SURF CITY NC 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-2256 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6921-00135 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 1619 128 FTE
NAT-TCR Green Country Interiors, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oakbrook #103 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DeRoyal Processing Center 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AWRC-Industrial FW 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gas Field Specialists - 1 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weck's Juan Tabo 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sacramento Plant 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cobblestone Crossing 99 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.