Grocery stores · South Carolina

Lowes Foods #264

Simpsonville, SC · ~127 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowes Foods #264 runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Lowes Foods #264: 4.1 TCR = 120% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #264 safety composite

Lowes Foods #264 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Lowes Foods #264 injury rate improved

Lowes Foods #264's TCR fell 3.0 from 6.0 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2018=8.0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Simpsonville, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.1 · 120% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #460/789
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 135
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 135 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowes Foods #264 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lowes Foods #264 averages 4.1 TCR (120% 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 #264 TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #264 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #460 safest of 789 Grocery stores employers in South Carolina.

Lowes Foods #264 (127 employees, TCR 4.1) 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 #264
Lowes Foods #264 (127 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #264 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 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2023 7.4 4.4 5 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.4 0.0 4 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 8.0 2.6 6 0 0
2017 6.0 1.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · SC · Simpsonville

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 87 employers in Simpsonville, SC · 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 135 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nadine Food Corp. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HKLA 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #0095 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 150 Bishopville SAC 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beverage South of Aiken, LLC 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Lumber and Millwork 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sealed Air Corp, Food And Care Division 1,199 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC_Simpsonville_2 Digital Place_33101080 983 FTE
CITY-NEAR Simpsonville 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunland Logistics Solutions 487 FTE
NAT-TCR Nadine Food Corp. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Outfitters LTD 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Falcon Drilling & Blasting, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwestern Electric Cooperative 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unique Electronics, Inc. 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menasha Packaging Company - Winchester 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln St Programs 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saber Healthcare 127 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. 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.