Grocery stores · North Carolina

Lowes Foods #261

Southern Pines, NC · ~114 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowes Foods #261 runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Lowes Foods #261: 2.9 TCR = 84% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #261 safety composite

Lowes Foods #261 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−9.4

2016→2024

Lowes Foods #261 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #261's TCR fell 9.4 from 9.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Southern Pines, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 84% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #779/1627
  • PHOTO Store #60
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store #60 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowes Foods #261 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowes Foods #261 averages 2.9 TCR (84% 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 #261 TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #261 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #779 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.

Lowes Foods #261 (114 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 #261
Lowes Foods #261 (114 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #261 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2021 4.1 1.4 3 0 0
2020 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.6 0.0 3 1 0
2016 9.4 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Southern Pines

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 42 employers in Southern Pines, 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 Store #60 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #6519 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Ysidro Grocery Outlet 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henning's Market 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA, LLC 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cliffside Steam Station 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pike Telecom and Renewables Pennsylvania Statewide Operations 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner Asphalt LLC 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR SJP Health Center 504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penick Village Inc. 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Power Tools : MFG-Southern Pines, NC-USA 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-0538 201 FTE
NAT-TCR Sain Construction Co. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Xtermco, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Transport Service 60005 Midland 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Henderson CO 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westlake Pipe & Fittings 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kasa Companies, Inc. 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camelot Care Center 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jasper Seating Company Corporate Office 114 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.