Retail Other · North Carolina

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC

Newton, NC · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade D.

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC: 4.2 TCR = 122% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC safety composite

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−7.7

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 25.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=25.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Newton, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 122% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #75/117
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1840…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1840 Marianna, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC averages 4.2 TCR (122% 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 #1138 NEWTON, NC TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=25.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #75 safest of 117 Retail Other employers in North Carolina.

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC (20 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 #1138 NEWTON, NC
Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC (20 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1138 NEWTON, NC has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 25.6 8.5 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.7 7.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · NC · Newton

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 83 employers in Newton, 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 Big Lots Store #1840 Marianna, FL 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4271 CAMPBELL, CA 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1751 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 783 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steve Thomas Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Smith Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ron Richmond 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Family Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3811 - Newton NC DC 1,644 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3811 - Newton DC 1,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN ePowertrain Newton 1,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Driveline Newton LLC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Kelley St 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gamco Corporation New York 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Marlborough #162 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockwool 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1925 MILWAUKIE, OR 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1603 EAST HARTFORD, CT 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4663 Chesterfield, M 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1539 PLANT CITY, FL 20 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.