Grocery stores · North Carolina
Lowes Foods Corporate Office
Winston-Salem, NC · ~253 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lowes Foods Corporate Office runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.
Lowes Foods Corporate Office: 1.9 TCR = 54% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lowes Foods Corporate Office safety composite
Lowes Foods Corporate Office scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% 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
−0.6
2016→2023
Lowes Foods Corporate Office injury rate improved
Lowes Foods Corporate Office's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.9 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.9 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Winston-Salem, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 54% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #349/1627
- PHOTO FoodTown #017
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~253 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: FoodTown #017 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lowes Foods Corporate Office in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lowes Foods Corporate Office
1.9 TCR
- FoodTown #017
FoodTown #017
1.9 TCR
- Carlie C's IGA
Carlie C's IGA #730
1.9 TCR
- 118
118
1.9 TCR
- Store 1465
Store 1465
1.9 TCR
What this shows Lowes Foods Corporate Office averages 1.9 TCR (54% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Lowes Foods Corporate Office TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.4 · BLS 3.4
Where Lowes Foods Corporate Office falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #349 safest of 1627 Grocery stores employers in North Carolina.
Lowes Foods Corporate Office 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · NC · Winston-Salem
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 234 employers in Winston-Salem, 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 | FoodTown #017 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carlie C's IGA #730 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 118 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1465 | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Flowers Baking Company of Jamestown LLC | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2749 | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0645 - RALEIGH NC WHSE | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FC: Charlotte | 253 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center | 4,906 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Budd Group Janitorial | 4,414 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Reynolds American Inc. Trade Marketing Services | 2,061 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Reynolds Marketing Services Company | 1,600 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | S.A. Morman & Co. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shambaugh & Son LP | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pawtucket, RI | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JR Peters, Inc. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Market Basket #51 | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Market Basket #10 | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ExxonMobil Chemical, Beaumont Polyethylene Plant | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 801 - Tipp City Perishables | 253 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.