Retail Other · Georgia

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA

Waycross, GA · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade B.

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA: 2.3 TCR = 66% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA safety composite

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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 #1185 WAYCROSS, GA: 0.0 → 10.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 4.61× in 2023

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA's TCR rose 10.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 4.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Waycross, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 66% of ind

  • DART 10.4 DART
  • RANK #25/69
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #1274…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #1274 UNION CITY, TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA averages 2.3 TCR (66% 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 #1185 WAYCROSS, GA TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=10.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 69 Retail Other employers in Georgia.

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA (23 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 #1185 WAYCROSS, GA
Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA (23 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #1185 WAYCROSS, GA has more 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 10.4 10.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 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 · GA · Waycross

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 57 employers in Waycross, GA · 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 #1274 UNION CITY, TN 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1608 GLEN BURNIE, MD 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 502 Schenectady NY 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #1979 EBENSBURG, PA 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canon Pullet 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clermont Hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROSSMAN APIARIES LLC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR WAYCROSS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Satilla Health 620 FTE
CITY-NEAR 556 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 556 327 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1608 GLEN BURNIE, MD 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KRA International 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BV Continuing Care Center Ltd. Co. d/b/a Bonne Vie 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield - 35 Warwick Street 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #200 LEECHBURG, PA 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5305 Mt Pleasant, WI 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4667 Mesa, AZ 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1690 STATESVILLE, NC 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.