Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores · North Carolina
Store 1544
Apex, NC · ~160 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Store 1544 runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Store 1544: 4.2 TCR = 124% of Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Store 1544 safety composite
Store 1544 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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
−3.2
2017→2024
Store 1544 injury rate improved
Store 1544's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.9 in 2017 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.9 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Apex, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 124% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #1193/1627
- PHOTO Lowes Foods #270
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~160 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #270 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Store 1544 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Store 1544
4.2 TCR
- Lowes Foods #2
Lowes Foods #270
4.2 TCR
- Murphy's Marke
Murphy's Markets Inc.
4.2 TCR
- Store 1093
Store 1093
4.2 TCR
- Rouses Market
Rouses Market #79
4.2 TCR
What this shows Store 1544 averages 4.2 TCR (124% of the Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores BLS benchmark).
Store 1544 TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.4
Where Store 1544 falls in its industry
30,654 Supermarkets and other grocery establishmentsSafer than 57% 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 #1193 safest of 1627 Supermarkets and other grocery employers in North Carolina.
Store 1544 has more employees than the Supermarkets and other grocery except co 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 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · NC · Apex
30,654 Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 92 employers in Apex, 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 | Lowes Foods #270 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Murphy's Markets Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Store 1093 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rouses Market #79 | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | US Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Inc. | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | National Wiper Alliance a business of Ecolab | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 550- Burlington Finishing Plant | 160 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | USA Mt Gilead | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Apex Tool Group - Apex Operation | 457 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations | 445 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Crowder Construction Company - Civil & Environmental Division | 361 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Donley's Concrete Group LLC | 321 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1372 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Waverly Truss - 1140 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1039 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 0885 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1511 | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1499 | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1616 | 160 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1458 | 160 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.