Grocery stores · South Carolina
Lowes Foods #279
Hanahan, SC · ~99 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowes Foods #279 runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.
Lowes Foods #279: 3.0 TCR = 89% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowes Foods #279 safety composite
Lowes Foods #279 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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
−8.5
2020→2024
Lowes Foods #279 injury rate improved
Lowes Foods #279's TCR fell 8.5 from 10.2 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=10.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Hanahan, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 89% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #290/789
- PHOTO 6400-SWY 0027 2628
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~99 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY 0027 2628 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowes Foods #279 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowes Foods #279
3 TCR
- 6400-SWY 0027
6400-SWY 0027 2628
3 TCR
- 10521 Mobile
10521 Mobile
3 TCR
- Hometown Groce
Hometown Grocery of Oneonta, Inc.
3 TCR
- SWY-0017-0017-
SWY-0017-0017-01515 FAC-01515-PHOENIX-AZ
3 TCR
What this shows Lowes Foods #279 averages 3.0 TCR (89% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Lowes Foods #279 TCR series: 2020=10.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Lowes Foods #279 falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 76% 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 #290 safest of 789 Grocery stores employers in South Carolina.
Lowes Foods #279 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 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · SC · Hanahan
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 37 employers in Hanahan, 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 | 6400-SWY 0027 2628 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10521 Mobile | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hometown Grocery of Oneonta, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SWY-0017-0017-01515 FAC-01515-PHOENIX-AZ | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SC-MTUSA-SOUTH CAROLINA | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coastal Asphalt | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2254 | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1808-00010103-05704 | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC Boeing | 527 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Medtrust Holdings, Inc | 450 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMZL : DSC4 | 398 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DSC4 | 323 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kpr LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SC Johnson - Wilder | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shelves West | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Silvi Concrete of Chester County, LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dermatology Specialists | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shaw Clearfield, LLC | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CLAAS of America | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Merck West Point | 99 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.