Retail Other · Ohio

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH

Van Wert, OH · ~22 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade B.

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH safety composite

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH held a steady TCR band

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Van Wert, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/121
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #459 …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #459 AUBURN, AL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH averages 2.1 TCR (63% 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 #1160 VAN WERT, OH TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 121 Retail Other employers in Ohio.

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH (22 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 #1160 VAN WERT, OH
Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH (22 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1160 VAN WERT, OH has fewer employees than the Retail Other median and a lower 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 8.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 8.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · OH · Van Wert

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 48 employers in Van Wert, OH · 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 #459 AUBURN, AL 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #376 HOMEWOOD, AL 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1877 Charleston, WV 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4247 SAN DIEGO, CA 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agri-Med OH LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid Ford Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pheasant Run 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lucasville Farm 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR VAN WERT OH 951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danfoss Power Solutions II, LLC 840 FTE
CITY-NEAR VW Cooked Meats Plant 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Farms Cooked Meats 597 FTE
NAT-TCR CYE Bushnell 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gettle Incorporated 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Vitalant TX McAllen 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tobacco Technology Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #152 STERLING HTS, MI 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #516 CRYSTAL RIVER, FL 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4546 Port Hueneme, CA 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4551 Lake Elsinore, CA 22 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.