Variety stores · Maine

471 Belfast ME

Belfast, ME · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

471 Belfast ME runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Variety stores workplace, earning a grade F.

471 Belfast ME: 8.0 TCR = 234% of Variety stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

471 Belfast ME safety composite

471 Belfast ME scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−6.4

2016→2017

471 Belfast ME injury rate improved

471 Belfast ME's TCR fell 6.4 from 11.2 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.2 · 2017=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Belfast, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 234% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #430 …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #430 ADRIAN, MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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471 Belfast ME in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 471 Belfast ME averages 8.0 TCR (234% of the Variety stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

471 Belfast ME TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2017=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 471 Belfast ME falls in its industry

2,120 Variety stores establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Variety stores employers in Maine.

471 Belfast ME (60 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 471 Belfast ME
471 Belfast ME (60 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

471 Belfast ME has more employees than the Variety stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2017 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2016 11.2 11.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · ME · Belfast

2,120 Variety stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 26 employers in Belfast, ME · 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 Big Lots Store #430 ADRIAN, MI 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4577 Houston, TX 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5156 Kissimmee, FL 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 122 Pawtucket RI 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. F. Jordan & Sons Construction main office 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brickell Brands, LLC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lee GMC Honda 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE HG310 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waldo- 118 Northport Ave 578 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08241 - Store # 8241 Belfast 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mathews Brothers Company 201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duck Trap River of Maine 181 FTE
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Society Daytona 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Willowbrook (Txhs1) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Yuba City (Cayub) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services - Sunbury 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vienna Nursing and Rehab LLC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Dexter Inc 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Charleston LLC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 60 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: 2017, 2016. 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.