Grocery stores · South Carolina
Lowes Foods #272
Columbia, SC · ~120 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowes Foods #272 runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Lowes Foods #272: 5.0 TCR = 146% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowes Foods #272 safety composite
Lowes Foods #272 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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
−7.3
2018→2024
Lowes Foods #272 injury rate improved
Lowes Foods #272's TCR fell 7.3 from 8.8 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=8.8 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 146% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #570/789
- PHOTO Redner's Warehouse M…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~120 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Redner's Warehouse Market Joppatown (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowes Foods #272 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowes Foods #272
5 TCR
- Redner's Wareh
Redner's Warehouse Market Joppatown
5 TCR
- 111-HEBBRONVIL
111-HEBBRONVILLE
5 TCR
- Store 0815
Store 0815
5 TCR
- Store 1561
Store 1561
5 TCR
What this shows Lowes Foods #272 averages 5.0 TCR (146% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Lowes Foods #272 TCR series: 2018=8.8 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=3 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Lowes Foods #272 falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #570 safest of 789 Grocery stores employers in South Carolina.
Lowes Foods #272 has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher 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 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · SC · Columbia
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, 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 | Redner's Warehouse Market Joppatown | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 111-HEBBRONVILLE | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 0815 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1561 | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | W.O. Blackstone & Co., Inc. | 120 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advanced Concrete Cutting & Coring, LLC | 120 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Milliken & Company- Enterprise | 120 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Integrated Turf Solutions | 120 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmetto Health Richland | 5,949 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Richland | 4,729 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Carolina Department of Transportation | 4,400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC Department of Transportation | 3,864 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Home Care Specialists Inc Haverhill | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hammond Lumber Company - Farmington | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Transmotion - De Pere | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lefty Production Co. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ASM Global/Greater Columbus Convention Center | 120 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thermo King of Central California | 120 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chattanooga Cha | 120 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rouses Market #70 | 120 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.