Retail Other · Michigan

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI

Waterford, MI · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI: 4.7 TCR = 139% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI safety composite

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI: 0.0 → 9.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.04× in 2023

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI's TCR rose 9.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 2.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Waterford, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 139% of ind

  • DART 9.6 DART
  • RANK #38/54
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #424 …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #424 CIRCLEVILLE, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI averages 4.7 TCR (139% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).

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

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=14.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 54 Retail Other employers in Michigan.

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI (23 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI
Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI (23 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #111 WATERFORD, MI has more employees than the Retail Other 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
2023 9.6 9.6 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.1 6.1 1 0 0
2019 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 14.5 7.3 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MI · Waterford

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 51 employers in Waterford, MI · 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 #424 CIRCLEVILLE, OH 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4511 Lincoln, NE 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #467 JOHNSTOWN, PA 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1106 MESQUITE, TX 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oakland Schools 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 053 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR 053 - Waterford 261 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1106 MESQUITE, TX 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 107/GTN 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR San Juan PR 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #467 JOHNSTOWN, PA 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4707 Renton, WA 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1995 Apple Valley, CA 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1751 WARREN, OH 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4645 La Habra, CA 23 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.